Horticulture :: Propagation :: Introduction
Vanilla: Vanilla planifolia

Propagation:Stem cuttings of 60 - 120 cm

Coffee: Coffea arabica L.;Coffea canephora Pierre ex Frechna

Propagation: by seeds
  • Preparation of seeds: Healthy and well-developed fully ripe berries are harvested from specially identified plants for use as seed bearers.

  • After discarding the floats, the sound fruits are depulped, sieved and mixed with sieved wood ash and dried in shade.

  • The seed is then graded to remove all cut, triangular and elephant beans.

  • Prior to planting, the are treated with Agrosan or any Organomercurial compound to prevent fungal infection

Cashew:Anacardium occidentale L

Propagation: Soft wood grafting, air layer and epicotyl grafting


Rubber: Hevea brasiliensis Muell-Arg

Propagation: Propagated by green budding and brown budding


Palmyrah: Borassus flabellifer

Propagation
: Seed. Germination of 63.25 % are achieved 6 weeks after sowing

Update on: July 2015
 

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