Re: rooting of woody material

Subject: Re: rooting of woody material
From: Don Newcomer <aloe1@MALIBUONLINE.COM>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 23:16:33 -0800
Reply-To: Plant Tissue Culture <PLANT-TC@TC.UMN.EDU>
Sender: Plant Tissue Culture <PLANT-TC@TC.UMN.EDU>

on 2/5/01 1:42 AM, Nceba at 13343874@AKAD.SUN.AC.ZA wrote:

> Hello to you all
> I would love to know if the following is possible, I wanna induce
> rooting to a woody plant material so is it possible if I can collect
> the material from field and then try and root them in vitro, in spite
> the contamination problem, is it is possible to root a material
> straight from the field in vitro by passing all the other steps like
> establishment, multiplication, subculture.
> I would appreciate the feedback
>
establishment of asepsis is always difficult with woody pieces.
Auxins are dangerous if used in greenhouse. The MSD papers  on auxins look
rather nasty. Try Rootone in a greenhouse situation.

What about air layering some sections to promote buds and soft tissue?

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