Orchards and citrus plantations are characteristic tree crops. They require constant attention throughout the growing season with a variety of manipulation techniques from trimming, pruning, and providing stem-supporting structures to chemical applications. Pruning...
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Plant Manipulation: Fruit-bearing Vegetable Crops
These crops require a wide range of manipulation techniques. They include but are not limited to, chemical applications, trimming, pruning and the manual removal of deformed fruits and diseased leaves. Suckering and Trimming Suckers are small shoots that develop...
Plant Manipulation
Plant manipulation aims to promote healthy plant growth and potentially increase production yields. Field crops like wheat, oats, or maize, rarely require pruning or trimming, but all tree crops and most fruit-bearing vegetable crops do. Manipulation techniques are...
Plant Propagation Environmental Factors
Propagation takes place in open fields, orchards, and forests or protected and controlled environments such as greenhouses, polytunnels, and tissue culture laboratories. The initial propagation phase is the shortest yet most critical part of a new plant’s life. This...
Propagation Media
It is essential to have the correct propagation media for rooted cuttings or germinating seeds, as well as for developing stock plants. The growing medium is the reservoir of water, air, and minerals that facilitates the germination, rooting, and growth of seeds and...