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Asexual propagation of blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima Torr.)

dc.contributor.authorWeglinski, Eugene, author
dc.contributor.authorHughes, Harrison G., advisor
dc.contributor.authorRedente, Edward F., committee member
dc.contributor.authorOrr, Greg L., committee member
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-27T14:52:42Z
dc.date.available2023-01-27T14:52:42Z
dc.date.issued1990
dc.descriptionCovers not scanned.
dc.description.abstractMining disturbances in Canyonlands National Park occur, in part, in monotypic stands of blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima Torr.). Blackbrush does not readily reseed itself following disturbance, therefore, stem cuttings and mound layering were evaluated as methods for asexual propagation as a means of providing plants to be used in a revegetation program. Rooted cuttings were planted to evaluate their use in revegetation. Rooting of stem cuttings was evaluated using talc, 0.3% (w/v) indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), 0.8% (w/v) IBA, and Rootone, a commercially available rooting hormone mixture. Treatments were applied to cuttings collected from new, one-year-old, and older wood (2+ years) at three separate dates. Propagation by stem cutting proved successful with highest rooting percentages achieved using current year's growth with application of supplemental rooting hormone. Differences between hormone treatments were insignificant. However, differences were found in comparisons between hormone treatments and a talc control. Mound layering was investigated with 20 plants at each of three sites and involved removal of all growth over 2.5 cm above ground level. Supplemental water was applied to half the plants for the duration of the study. Plants were buried to one-half of the height of new growth on a monthly basis. Plants responded to the treatment with a flush of growth but did not root. Thirty-eight cuttings rooted the prior year were planted in spring 1989 in an abandoned roadbed to evaluate field establishment. Treatments included application of supplemental water at two week intervals. Results were inconclusive.
dc.format.mediummasters theses
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/236135
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relationCatalog record number (MMS ID): 991017080889703361
dc.relationSB119.W43 1990
dc.relation.ispartof1980-1999
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dc.subjectPlant propagation
dc.subjectRevegetation
dc.subjectReclamation of land
dc.titleAsexual propagation of blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima Torr.)
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thesis.degree.disciplineHorticulture
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)

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