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Increase during Winter in Capacity for Root Regeneration in Detached Shoots of Fruit-tree Rootstocks

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THE ability of plants to form adventitious roots in detached portions of shoots has provided the horticulturist with a ready method of multiplying plants vegetatively by cuttings.

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HOWARD, B. Increase during Winter in Capacity for Root Regeneration in Detached Shoots of Fruit-tree Rootstocks. Nature 208, 912–913 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208912b0

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