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Dec 26, 2024
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HORT 1024 - Plant Propagation Credits: 3 Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None Course Description: This course covers current commercial methods of propagating annual and perennial herbaceous plants, woody plants, and tropical indoor plants. Methods covered include propagation by seed, division, cuttings, layering, grafting, and tissue culture. Students will propagate a wide variety of plants and in many cases bring them to the final production stage. MnTC Goals None
Prerequisite(s): None Corequisite(s): None Recommendation: None
Major Content
- Asexual propagation
- Herbaceous cuttings
- Softwood cuttings
- Hardwood cuttings
- Leaf cuttings
- Root cuttings
- Layering
- Grafting
- Tissue culture
- Seed propagation
- Seed production - open pollinated and hybrid
- Seed germination practices.
Learning Outcomes At the end of this course students will be able to:
- describe methods of propagating trees and shrubs.
- recommend methods of propagating annual and perennial herbaceous plants.
- demonstrate division, cutting propagation and grafting of many familiar plants.
- identify methods of propagating tropical indoor plants.
- perform seed propagation of many popular plants.
Competency 1 (1-6) None Competency 2 (7-10) None Courses and Registration
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