AGR422: Plant Propagation and Nursery Management / Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology
This course will cover important aspects of plant propagation and nursery management. Propagation of plants can be accomplished by sexual and asexual means. To fully understand plant propagation, topics on biology of plants, mode of reproduction, theories of propagation, various propagation techniqu...
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Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
2017
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74999/1/74999.pdf https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74999/ https://aims.uitm.edu.my/ |
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| Summary: | This course will cover important aspects of plant propagation and nursery management. Propagation of plants can be accomplished by sexual and asexual means. To fully understand plant propagation, topics on biology of plants, mode of reproduction, theories of propagation, various propagation techniques, tissue culture techniques and newer developments in propagation will be covered. Various topics covering the important elements of nursery will include site selection, different types of structures and equipment, plant propagation, nursery materials and operations (including growing media, potting and transplanting, irrigation, fertilisation, pest and disease management), managing nursery stock, management skills and marketing required in nurseries for plantation crops. |
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