ISHS Acta Horticulturae 314: II International Symposium on Propagation of Ornamental Plants
STOCK PLANT MANAGEMENT FOR CLIANTHUS CUTTING PRODUCTION. |
| Authors: | R.R. Williams, A.M. Taji |
| Keywords: | Clianthus formosus, Sturt's Desert Pea, shoot growth, gibberellic acid (GA), benzyl amino purine (BA) |
| Abstract:
The herbaceous Australian legume Clianthus formosus has large, brilliant coloured flowers with potential as a floricultural crop. Commercial cultivation is limited by seedling variability and the lack of an efficient means of clonal propagation. Stock plants must be pruned hard to prevent flowering but this then restricts shoot growth and hence cutting numbers. Neither gibberellic acid or benzyl amino purine increased cutting production. Some means of preventing flowering of larger plants is needed. | |
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