MASS VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION OF DIPTEROCARP SPECIES
| MASS VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION OF DIPTEROCARP SPECIES |
Neptale Q. Zabala
Tree Propagation Specialist
UNDP/FAO REGIONAL PROJECT ON IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY
OF MAN-MADE FORESTS THROUGH APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVANCES IN TREE BREEDING AND PROPAGATION
(RAS/91/004)
May, 1993
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The author wishes to express his profound gratitude to the following persons who have reviewed this document: Dr. Darus Ahmad, Director, Forest Plantation Division, Forest Research Institute, Malaysia; Mr. Willie Smits, Team Leader, TROPENBOS-Kalimantan Forestry Project, Samboja, Indonesia; and Dr. John Davidson, FAO Consultant, Sincere thanks and appreciation to Ir. Edu Boer, Ir. Massopian and Ir. Katebi for guiding the author in his visit to the Dipterocarp Center at Samboja; to Dr. K. Vivekanandan, CTA, RAS/91/004 for his encouragement and technical guidance in the preparation of this field manual; and to Mrs. Elena P. Castro for her efficient word processing work.
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1.1 Rooting cuttings by the “bubble bath” method
1.2 Rooting cuttings of Shorea selanica and S. leprosula at the Forestry Research and Development Centre (FRDC), Bogor, Indonesia
1.3 Vegetative propagation of dipterocarps by stem cuttings and layering
2.1 Rooting cuttings of dipterocarps under automatic mist spray
2.2 Vegetative propagation of some dipterocarps by cuttings
2.3 Vegetative propagation of Malaysian Trees
3.1 Rooting cuttings of Almon, Red Lauan, Mayapis, Tangile and White Lauan
How to establish and manage a clone bank
List of Figures
Plate No.
2 The aerator terminals are attached to the inner side of the tank with the air nozzle submerged in the rooting water medium
3 Stem cuttings inserted in the middle slot of a rectangular frame, 12 cm wide and one meter long, made of dried palm bristle firmly gripped by an aluminum spline at both sides and ends
4 Seedling hedge orchard. The wide-eyed plastic net placed on top of the hedge induces production of orthotropic shoots
5 A stem cutting showing the slant angle cut just below a node
6 A one-nodal stem cutting, cut at slanting angle through the node
7 Misting structure covered with box made of plastic. Green net is placed on top to filter out sunlight, thus maintains the desired levels of humidity and temperature