Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Botany
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 37b
  • Issue: 2

A botanical briefing on root abnormalities and non-vegetative propagation

Discipline of Biological Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4001, South Africa

*Corresponding Author: Rishan Singh Discipline of Biological Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4001, South Africa E-mail: rshnsingh1@yahoo.com, rshnsingh1@webmail.co.za

Online published on 18 December, 2018.

Abstract

Since field performance of nursery, commercial and garden plants are affected by environmental factors, there are many resultant features as a result of vegetative and nonvegetative propagation. In Castanea sativa, Pinus patula and Eucalyptus spp, these features are seen at the gravitropic, or root, level. Root abnormalities induced due to non-vegetative means affect field performance of all plants, even mesophytes. In this botanical briefing, root abnormalities and non-vegetative propagation in the mentioned plants would be touched on, and emphasis will be focussed on a more widely view that includes farming practices that could help improve productivity in the future (2050), as well as the commercial significance of non-vegetative propagation.

Keywords

Hydraulic efficiency, gravitopic, rooting cavity, farming, fertilizers, ontogenic ageing, propagation, commercial