Abstract
Propagation of the fig tree predominately uses hardwood cuttings obtained from pruning stock plants. With a view to optimising fig tree propagation, the effects of auxin and misting on the rooting of herbaceous and hardwood cuttings from the fig tree were evaluated. An experiment was set up in a 2x2x2 factorial design, with two types of cuttings (softwood and hardwood), two levels of auxin (0 and 1000 mg L-1 indolbutyric acid) and two environments (with and without misting). Thirty days after starting the experiment, rooting, root length, sprouting and losses were all evaluated. The interaction of the type of cutting and the auxin was significant for rooting, sprouting, root length and cutting loss. Misting did not affect the variables analysed. In the absence of auxin, there was no difference between the type of cutting for rooting, length of root and sprouting, while the application of auxin (1,000 mg L-1) produced a reduction in these variables. The production of fig tree seedlings can be made from either softwood or hardwood cuttings and does not require the use of auxin or misting.
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Claim · model-written summary
The interaction of cutting type and auxin was significant for rooting, sprouting, root length and cutting loss of fig tree cuttings.
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e1“the effects of auxin and misting on the rooting of herbaceous and hardwood cuttings from the fig tree were evaluated”
e2“The interaction of the type of cutting and the auxin was significant for rooting, sprouting, root length and cutting loss”
Claim · model-written summary
Misting did not affect the rooting, sprouting, root length or losses of fig tree cuttings.
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e1“the effects of auxin and misting on the rooting of herbaceous and hardwood cuttings from the fig tree were evaluated”
e3“Misting did not affect the variables analysed”
Claim · model-written summary
Without auxin, softwood and hardwood fig tree cuttings did not differ in rooting, root length or sprouting.
- Taxon
- fig treee1
- Treatment
- type of cuttinge4
- Outcome
- rooting, length of root and sproutinge4
- Direction
- no differencee4
- Qualifier
- In the absence of auxine4
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e1“the effects of auxin and misting on the rooting of herbaceous and hardwood cuttings from the fig tree were evaluated”
e4“In the absence of auxin, there was no difference between the type of cutting for rooting, length of root and sprouting”
Claim · model-written summary
Auxin at 1,000 mg L-1 reduced rooting, root length and sprouting of fig tree cuttings.
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e1“the effects of auxin and misting on the rooting of herbaceous and hardwood cuttings from the fig tree were evaluated”
e5“the application of auxin (1,000 mg L-1) produced a reduction in these variables”
Claim · model-written summary
Fig tree seedlings can be produced from softwood or hardwood cuttings without auxin or misting.
Verbatim
e1“the effects of auxin and misting on the rooting of herbaceous and hardwood cuttings from the fig tree were evaluated”
e6“The production of fig tree seedlings can be made from either softwood or hardwood cuttings and does not require the use of auxin or misting”
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