{"product_id":"hartmann-kesters-plant-propagation-principles-and-practices-9781292020884","title":"Hartmann  Kesters Plant Propagation Principles","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDale E. Kester\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Pomology emeritus at the University of California, Davis. During his 40 years at the University of California he taught courses in plant propagation and pomology. He has been a member of the American Society of Horticultural Science, becoming a Fellow in 1977. He received jointly the Stark Award in 1980. He has published over 100 research and popular publications in plant propagation and pomology. He has had a lifelong collaboration with Dr. Hudson T. Hartmann which resulted in the publication of the first edition of \u003cem\u003ePlant Propagation: Principles and Practices\u003c\/em\u003e in 1959, followed by other editions in 1968, 1975, 1983, and 1990. One of the founders of the Western Region of the International Plant Propagators' Society (1960), he has served the society in various capacities including Vice-President, program chair (1996) and President (1997). He received the Curtis J. Alley Achievement Award in 1999. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFred T. Da\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I. GENERAL ASPECTS OF PROPAGATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. How Plant Propagation Evolved In Human Society\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Biology of Plant Propagation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Propagation Environment \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II. SEED PROPAGATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Seed Development \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Principles and Practices of Seed Selection \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Techniques of Seed Production and Handling \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Principles of Propagation from Seeds \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Techniques of Propagation by Seed \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III. VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Principles of Propagation by Cuttings\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Techniques of Propagation by Cuttings \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Principles of Grafting and Budding \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Techniques of Grafting \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Techniques of Budding\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Layering and Its Natural Modifications\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Principles and Practices of Clonal Selection\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Propagation by Specialized Stems and Roots \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV. CELL AND TISSUE CULTURE PROPAGATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Principles of Tissue Culture and Micropropagation \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Techniques for Micropropagation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V. PROPAGATION OF SELECTED PLANT SPECIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Propagation Methods and Rootstocks for Fruit and Nut Species\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Propagation of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Propagation of Selected Annuals and Herbaceous Perennials Used As Ornamentals \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlant Index, Scientific Names \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlant Index, Common Names\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019576705367,"sku":"9781292020884","price":61.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781292020884.jpg?v=1750780679","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hartmann-kesters-plant-propagation-principles-and-practices-9781292020884","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}