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Practical Woody Plant Propagation for Nursery Growers

Practical Woody Plant Propagation for Nursery Growers

by Bruce Macdonald (Author)

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    Illustrated 2000

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Synopsis

An exhaustive exposition of propagating methods, from growing from seed to cuttings, grafting, layering, and tissue culture. It is based on the actual working methods of successful propagators worldwide and presents detailed explanations and illustrations of the procedures used.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 660
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 05 Sep 2000
ISBN 10: 9780881928
ISBN 13: 9780881928402

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For the nurturers of seed and mother plants. . . . Comprehensible for all levels of practitioners. --Whole Earth

Author Bio
Bruce Macdonald was Director of the Botanical Garden at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada, from 1987 to 2002. There he worked with the British Columbia Nursery Trades Association to develop the internationally acclaimed Plant Introduction Scheme of the Botanical Garden (PISBG). Previously, Bruce had been Senior Lecturer in Nursery Stock Production at Hadlow College of Horticulture and Agriculture in England, and Secretary of the Great Britain and Ireland Region of the International Plant Propagators' Society (IPPS). In 1998 he was awarded the Gold Veitch Memorial Medal, the Royal Horticultural Society's most prestigious international award. He died in March, 2011.