ABSTRACT
Efcient and reliable propagation practices are necessary to supply the millions of plants required annually by the green industry. Practices used by nurseries and greenhouses to propagate plants were developed through research projects aimed at pursuing ideas that optimized propagation and/or solved specic problems associated with propagating plants. From these ideas, planned experiments were developed in which treatments were devised and tested in controlled conditions under which plants were typically propagated. Data gathered from observations made during experimentation were evaluated using statistical analysis to ascertain the effectiveness of each treatment at improving plant propagation rates or correcting specic problems associated with propagation.
