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GM vines approved by European Union.(Genetically modified foods legislation)(Government Activity)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Food & Drink Weekly; 2/25/2002; 177 words
; ...Ministers, which has agreed detailed changes to the European directive on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine. These approve the release of genetically modified (GM) vines only if all the appropriate steps...
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Deer In My Garden.(Deer in My Garden: Perennials and Subshrubs)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Internet Bookwatch; 10/1/2006; 158 words
; ...and companion plants (perennials, bulbs, shrubs), maintenance (both the growing and dormant seasons), and propagation (see, vegetative cuttings, layering). Authoritative, superbly organized, and thoroughly user friendly', Dear In My Garden...
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What good's a watermelon if you can't spit out the seeds?(Columns)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 7/5/2006; 694 words
; ...seeds, she explains, growers can use the technique of vegetative propagation to produce new plants. The term applies to any means...seedless fruit, McNeilan says, then they would take vegetative cuttings off of that particular plant in order to...
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The myth of the universal rootstock. (vines)
Magazine article from: Wines & Vines; 6/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Berlandieri. A native of Texas, Berlandieri has a long vegetative cycle and is one of the latest maturing. It has good resistance...lime-tolerant stocks which would root well enough for commercial propagation. Vitis vinifera vines also have a naturally high tolerance...minerals in deep soils. Like Berlandieri, ...
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Clonal tea in southern Africa.
Magazine article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal; 12/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...and regional teas retained their reputation as 'fillers,' with typically depressed prices. With the advent of vegetative propagation, it was recognized that substantial quality improvements could be achieved by careful selection from existing...
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Sri Lanka: 50 and going strong. (tea industry)(Industry Overview)
Magazine article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal; 5/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...elsewhere in the country. Another striking feature is that, contrary to popular belief, the extent of tea under vegetative propagation is as much as 55%, the share in respect of smallholdings being even higher at 70%. Based on the revised area...
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A safety net for Hawaii's rarest plants.
Magazine article from: Endangered Species Bulletin; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the island of O'ahu. Botanists will collect seeds and/ or vegetative samples from every remaining individual from the small remnant...future efforts. The long-term storage options for the GSN propagation material are 1) in vitro storage of seeds, embryos, tissues...
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Small is beautiful when it comes to apple trees.
Magazine article from: Agricultural Research; 4/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...extra carbohydrates that would normally have been expended on vegetative growth goes instead into the making of fruit. And sunlight...to dwarfing rootstocks selected in the 1930's in England. Propagation by grafting, Faust says, is just an ancient form of cloning...
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