HOR 128 - Plant Propagation (3)

Prerequisite: None
spring

Lecture: Two hours of lecture/discussion per week. Lab: Two hours of lab per week.

Techniques in the commercial production of woody plant material and the problems involved in starting a business. Topics include propagation structures, media, disease control, and types of propagation such as budding, grafting, cutting, seeding and layering, and tissue culturing. Students practice the various propagation methods in the lab and greenhouse.