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Volume 1, Issue 5, November 2013

  • Layering in Seedling Production of Rambutan

    Renata Aparecida de Andrade, Samir Paulo Jasper, Amanda Garcia Bagatim, Guilherme Nacata

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 5, November 2013
    Pages: 50-53
    Received: 17 October 2013
    Published: 10 November 2013
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    Abstract: The rambutan fruit is a culture that still little known, but with high potential of market, such as lychee, fruit of the same family. The orchards have been installed using seedlings originated from seeds, generating high variability among the plants and produced fruits. As the layering has been shown effective to obtaining the litchi seedlings, th... Show More
  • A Review on Structures of Secondary Wall in Reaction Wood Fiber of Hardwood Species

    Rubaiyat Sharmin Sultana, Md. Mahabubur Rahman

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 5, November 2013
    Pages: 54-59
    Received: 23 September 2013
    Published: 20 November 2013
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    Abstract: Due to a non-vertical orientation of the stem or branch, which may begin as responses of prevailing winds, snow, slope, or asymmetric crown shape, a specialized wood tissue forms, is called “reaction wood”. In hardwood species, the reaction wood tends to form on the upper side of a leaning stem or branch, is known to as “tension wood”. It is usuall... Show More
  • High Frequency of Multiple Shoots Induction in Paederia Foetida (L.)- A Rare Medicinal Plant

    M. Thirupathi, D. Srinivas, K. Jaganmohan Reddy

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 5, November 2013
    Pages: 60-65
    Received: 11 November 2013
    Published: 30 December 2013
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    Abstract: Plants have been the eternal source of food and medicine since antiquity in all traditions and cultures. The medicinal plants are considered as one of the most vital components of ecosystem and biodiversity. Tissue culture techniques are usually used for the propagation as well as conservation of medicinal plants. In vitro multiplication of shoot i... Show More