207-111 Plant Propagation

202-103 Biology for Land and Food

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• explain the theory underlying the sexual and asexual propagation of plants;

• describe and demonstrate the propagation of plants using sexual and asexual techniques;

• describe critical characteristics of the propagation environment in field, greenhouse and in vitropropagation systems;

• identify, describe and propagate a selection of plants used in commercial, public and domestic landscapes in Australia.

Topics include:

• sexual propagation from spore and seed and asexual propagation from cuttings, grafting, layering and division;

• the propagation environment - including field, greenhouse and in vitro(micropropagation) systems;

• identifying plants used in commercial, public and domestic landscapes in Australia.

Report on group project (1500 words, 30%), plant recognition tests (30%), 2-hour examination (40%).

• K Handreck, and N Black, Growing Media for ornamental plants and turf. 3rd ed, NSW University Press, Kensington, NSW, 2002.
• H T Hartmann, D E Kester, F T Davies, and R L Geneve, Plant propagation: principles and practices. 7th ed. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, 2002.