Propagating Gerbera ( Gerbera hybrida Hort. ) by Cutting

Abstract

非洲菊2~3年生植株，浸漬BA 100mg/l，45分鐘置噴霧插床上，經2~4週後，可促進根莖上的腋芽發芽。芽體生長約4~8cm長時，切離母株，基部沾IBA 2000ppm粉劑，扞插於草炭土和珍珠石1：1 v/v的判質中，經3~5週後，可得大量發根良好的苗，這種繁殖方法球繁殖速率比分繁殖法增加了4~8倍。

Two or three-year-old gerbera rhizomes were dipped in benzl adenine (BA) solution at 100 mgl-1 for 45 min. then put under mist. After 2-4 weeks, new shoots were induced from rhizomes. Shoots of 4-8 cm in length were removed and treated with powder of indole butyric acid at 0.2% concentration, then inserted into a medium of peatmoss and perlite (1:l; v/v). After 3-5 weeks, cuttings rooted well under mist. The multiplication rate of this method was 4-8 times to that of conventional division.