GGR6~#生根粉在墨红食用玫瑰花育苗的应用研究

为解决食用玫瑰墨红不易扦插繁殖的问题,课题组于2010年在红塔区春和镇开展了GGR6#和萘乙酸钠生根粉在墨红食用玫瑰花育苗上的试验,扦插采用100mg/kg浸泡,苗木移栽用60mg/kg进行蘸浆处理、叶面喷施技术措施,极大地提高了玫瑰花成活率,平均成活率达88%以上。     

泰山白首乌塑料大棚弥雾蔓插育苗技术

利用塑料大棚弥雾进行泰山白首乌蔓茎扦插育苗,加快了白首乌的繁殖速度。实验证明：6月中旬选用IBA 1000mg/kg处理扦插生根率为72％,8月20日进行大田移栽,移植成活率达95％。     

污泥堆肥对黄梁木幼苗生长和元素吸收的影响

污泥含有丰富的有机质和植物所需的营养元素,将污泥堆肥后用作苗木栽培基质逐渐成为新型的污泥生态化处置途径.通过7个月的盆栽试验,研究污泥堆肥不同添加量,即0%(CK)、25%(T₁)、50%(T₂)、75%(T₃)、100%(T₄)对黄粱木幼苗生长及营养元素和重金属吸收的影响,以及栽培后基质中元素变化特征.结果表明: 污泥堆肥添加量对黄梁木生长有显著影响,纯污泥(T₄)中黄梁木苗木不能正常生长,移栽两周后植株全部死亡,而T₁、T₂和T₃处理则显著增加了黄梁木株高、地径和总生物量,其中,T₂处理效果最佳,3个生长指标均显著高于其他处理;T₂、T₃处理显著促进黄梁木对N、P、K以及重金属(Cu、 Zn、Pb、Cd)的吸收,而T₁处理仅对N和Pb吸收有显著促进作用;同一处理条件下,黄梁木对污泥堆肥重金属吸收能力表现为Zn>Cu>Pb>Cd.盆栽试验结束时,污泥混合基质中有机质,以及N、P、K含量较高,但仍残留一定量重金属,不过均低于农用污泥污染物控制标准,具有再次利用的价值.     

野生杜鹃移栽成活与生长情况分析

目的:探讨野生杜鹃移栽成活率最佳时期,分析不同地径粗度植株生长状况。方法:选取地径为0.5 cm、1.0 cm左右两种地径野生杜鹃植株,采用盆栽和地栽两种方式,分别在4月份(春季)、6月份(夏季)、9月份(秋季)、12月份(冬季)移栽,统计移栽成活率,记录主要物候期,研究移栽时期对花、叶、新梢等生长状况的影响。结果:春季采用盆栽方式移栽1.0 cm左右粗度的野生杜鹃成活率可以达到100%,春季移栽植株枝叶物候期发育进程早5～10 d,花发育进程早2～10 d,新梢数量、节间长度、节间粗度是对照的90%以上。结论:春季采用盆栽方式移栽野生杜鹃成活率最高,花、叶、新梢长势最好。     

北京东郊作物土壤系统中重金属的迁移、分布、积累

 本文研究了北京东郊污灌区重金属在作物—土壤中的迁移、分布、积累规律,证实本区蔬菜中汞含量比粮食作物约大3—15倍,比水果约大6—200倍。麦粒、糙米中的Cu、Hg、Cd、Pb、Ni的含量与土壤含量相关性不显著。架豆中重金属含量与土壤中重金属含量的相关性,只有Zn,Pb达显著水平。白菜土有机质含量与重金属含量相关性达显著水平,而白菜的重金属含量与土壤的重金属含量相关性却不显著。说明除了土壤中重金属的总量外,有效态含量的多少,是影响本区作物吸收积累重金属的主要因素。 本区施污泥的土壤和生长的作物Cd／Zn大部小于1%、盆栽试验证明：施用本区污泥污水对水稻生长发育的影响比施污泥灌清水的影响大些,因此,施用含重金属污泥时,最好不要超过5000斤／亩。大田和室内模拟试验证明：重金属从土壤中迁移到植物,由植物带走输出的量极少,其中以带走输出的Hg、Cd,As相对较多,带走输出的Pb、Cr相对的少些。     

鬼针草(Bidens pilosa L.)对镉污染农田的修复潜力

为探究富集植物鬼针草对镉(Cd)污染农田土壤的修复潜力,通过野外调查,原土盆栽试验和田间试验,测定鬼针草及其根系土壤Cd含量,计算鬼针草的富集系数和去除率。结果表明,野外调查中不同铅锌矿区生长的鬼针草叶片中Cd含量最大值为53.3 mg/kg。盆栽试验中,低浓度Cd土壤处理(T1),鬼针草地上部Cd的富集系数为4.70,转运系数1.59,大于1。高浓度Cd土壤处理(T2 13.4 mg/kg),其地上部Cd积累量达到43.1 mg/kg,其地上部Cd富集系数为3.51。鬼针草对Cd表现出稳定的积累特性。田间试验小区中,土壤Cd含量均值为2.66 mg/kg,鬼针草中地上部Cd含量均值为10.9 mg/kg,富集系数为4.16,使用鬼针草修复Cd污染土壤每公顷地种植一茬鬼针草的去除率为4.3%—6.2%。使用富集植物鬼针草修复农田Cd污染具有较好的工程应用前景。     

不同处理对濒危植物黄枝油杉扦插育苗的影响

黄枝油杉属珍稀濒危植物,树形高大,采种困难,母树开花结实少,种子发芽率低,繁殖速度慢。采用扦插育苗,方法简便易行,繁殖速度快。为此,针对与黄枝油杉扦插育苗成活、生长密切相关的插穗粗度、ABT生根粉浓度和施肥种类三大因素,分别进行对比试验。结果表明:插穗茎粗0.70cm用150mg/LABT生根粉溶液处理的平均成活率达95.6%;扦插成活后施用粪肥+尿素(配比为100∶0.4)的混合肥苗木生长健壮,平均抽梢长达30.8cm。方差分析和多重比较分析结果表明,插穗粗度、ABT生根粉浓度和肥料种类对黄枝油杉扦插苗木的生长影响极大。     

复合菌剂对樟树苗移栽生长及圃地土壤的影响

为了研究复合菌剂对樟树苗移栽生长的影响,对樟树苗移栽进行了施用复合菌剂和未施用复合菌剂的对比试验。结果表明,施用复合菌剂后,移栽苗的成活率高于对照组30.0%;平均苗高高于对照组12.71%;移栽苗体内N、P、K、Na、Ca、Mg元素含量分别高于对照组28.81%、12.75%、12.04%、19.63%、16.86%、23.64%;可溶性糖、叶绿素、脯氨酸含量分别高于对照组8.85%、11.13%、10.45%;施用菌剂的土壤速效氮、速效磷、速效钾分别比对照提高了29.11%、118.31%和11.79%,DOC、MBC含量明显提高,呼吸作用增强;研究结果说明复合菌剂可以提高土壤速效N、P、K含量,同时有益于樟树苗对营养元素的吸收及主要元素和重要化合物的积累,促进樟树苗移栽后的生长发育。     

城市污泥土地利用研究

通过培养试验、盆栽试验和田间试验系统地研究了污泥的组分特征、性质及其农地和城市园林绿化地利用对作物或绿化灌木、土壤肥力及其环境的影响,结果表明,污泥富含有机质和氮磷养分,且养分当季有效性介于化肥农家肥之间。施用污泥将明显提高土壤肥力,表现改善土壤物理性质;增加土壤肥机质和氮磷水平,并增加土壤生物活性,因此施用污泥的处理作物产量较高,并有利于后茬作物的稳健生长。但污泥施用也存在重金属、病原物等污染     

红外光谱技术在滇龙胆栽培方式选择上的应用

该研究采用傅里叶变换红外光谱结合化学计量学,对条播、撒播、剪根后移栽、扦插和剪枝后移栽的滇龙胆进行了分析,以筛选滇龙胆的最佳栽培方式。结果表明:(1)不同栽培方式的滇龙胆原始谱图在峰形、峰位和峰强上有一定差异;用小波去噪法对光谱进行优化处理并进行偏最小二乘判别分析(Partial least squares discriminant analysis,PLS-DA),能较好地区分不同栽培方式的滇龙胆样品,PLS-DA二维得分图显示同一栽培方式的样品聚在一起,表明相同栽培方式的滇龙胆化学组成和含量差异较小;播种滇龙胆样品(条播和撒播)距离较近,移栽滇龙胆样品(剪根、扦插和剪枝)距离较近,而播种和移栽滇龙胆样品距离较远,表明栽培方式对滇龙胆化学成分的积累有影响。(2)滇龙胆四种主要成分总含量大小依次是剪枝剪根撒播条播扦插,除剪根后移栽,剪枝后移栽滇龙胆中四种主要成分总含量显著高于其他栽培方式下的滇龙胆(P0.05),剪枝后移栽滇龙胆质量最佳。(3)以液相数据为参考值,采用正交信号校正—偏最小二乘回归模型预测不同栽培模式滇龙胆中龙胆苦苷、马钱苷酸、獐牙菜苦苷和当药苷的含量。校正集和验证集的决定系数(R2)均大于0.90,校正均方根误差、交叉验证均方差和预测均方根误差均小于1.65,模型相关性和预测效果好,该方法对红外光谱分析在中药领域的推广应用提供了参考。     

Responses of Hedysarum Laeve , a guerrilla clonal semi-shrub in the Mu Us sandland, to local sand burial

In arid and semi-arid inland deserts, one of the environmental stresses for plants is recurrent sand burial, which can influence the physical and biotic microenvironments of the plants and soil. Previous studies have shown that different levels of sand burial have different effects on plants. Slight sand burial could increase the height increment, leaf biomass and the number of new ramets of the plants while heavy sand burial could impair the growth of the plants and even decrease their chances of survival. In other words, below a certain threshold level of burial, the growth of plants is stimulated probably because of multiple factors. However, as the level of burial increases, the positive response starts to decline until it becomes a negative value. Arid and semi-arid inland deserts are frequently colonized and stabilized by many rhizomatous clonal plants. Clonal physiological integration often helps clonal plants buffer local environmental stress encountered by ramets. A rhizomatous clonal semishrub, Hedysarum laeve (H. laeve), is the dominant plant species and important for vegetation restoration in the Mu Us sandland. To investigate whether clonal integration can increase the threshold of sand burial and help rhizomatous H. laeve tolerate heavy sand burial, we conducted a field experiment. The results showed that slight sand burial could accelerate ramet growth and enhance leaf biomass, stem biomass and shoot biomass, while heavy sand burial reducesed the biomass of the plant and impairs survival and growth of the ramets. Clonal integration increased the threshold of sand burial. Under heavy sand burial, ramets connected to other ramets not buried in sand were more in terms of height increment, stem biomass, leaf biomass and shoot biomass compared to the ramets encountering sand burial but disconnected from other ramets. It suggested that clonal physiological integration could help H. laeve ramets tolerate relatively heavy sand burial. We also discussed that clonal integration plays a role in H. laeve presence in the Mu Us sandland. __________ Translated from Journal of Plant Ecology (formerly Acta Phytoecologica Sinica), 2006, 30(2): 278–285 [译自: 植物生态学报]     

Spatial division of labour of Schoenoplectus americanus

If connected ramets are growing in heterogeneous environments, Division of Labour (DoL) among ramets potentially will result in more efficient sharing of resources and an overall benefit to the plants. As a result of DoL, connected ramets growing in a heterogeneous environment might achieve more biomass than ramets growing in a homogeneous environment. DoL has been demonstrated to occur in a few clonal plant species, although most studies simply focussed on biomass allocation, not on actual resource capturing such as water and nutrient consumption. The model system for our study is one in which two connected ramet groups of Schoenoplectus americanus were placed into contrasting environments. In one treatment, the connected ramets grew in heterogeneous environments and in the other treatment, the connected ramets grew in the same (i.e. homogeneous) environment. We manipulated two variables (light and salinity) in the experiment. We hypothesized that ramets growing in a shaded and fresh water condition in a heterogeneous environment would use more water than ramets growing in a similar condition but in a homogeneous environment. We further hypothesized that ramets growing in a light and saline condition in a heterogeneous environment would assimilate less water than ramets growing in a similar condition but in a homogeneous environment. These hypotheses are based on the assumption that ramets in a heterogeneous environment would translocate water from ramets growing in a shaded and fresh water condition to ramets growing in a light and saline water condition. We also hypothesized that ramets growing in heterogeneous environments achieve larger biomass than ramets in homogeneous environments. Ramets grown in light and saline conditions in heterogeneous environments allocated more biomass to aboveground parts, had taller shoots, larger Specific Green (leaf) Area and consumed less water than ramets grown in similar conditions but in a homogeneous environment. Results confirm the hypothesis that connected ramets in heterogeneous environments are specialised to capture locally abundant resources and share these with connected ramets growing in other habitats. The result of DoL is that the entire connected ramet system benefits and achieves higher biomass.     

Physiological integration helps a clonal macrophyte spread into competitive environments and coexist with other species

Physiological integration may help clonal macrophytes invade or escape from existing communities. No studies have tested the above hypothesis in aquatic plants. In an outdoor pond experiment, we subjected clonal fragments of the submerged macrophyte Vallisneria spiralis L. to heterogeneous environments in which V. spiralis spread from bare habitats towards vegetated habitats occupied by Myriophyllum spicatum L. or V. spiralis spread from vegetated habitats towards bare habitats. V. spiralis stolons between ramets in bare habitats and in vegetated habitats were either intact or severed. We investigated the habitat selection of V. spiralis by examining the allocation of biomass and ramets to heterogeneous habitats during its vegetative spread phase. Results showed that the stolon connection had different effects on the habitat selection of V. spiralis with regard to invasion and escape. When V. spiralis spread from bare to vegetated habitats, in comparison to severing the stolon, the stolon connection eventually facilitated a 49% increase in biomass and a 27% increase in number of ramets allocated to vegetated habitats. However, when V. spiralis spread from vegetated to bare habitats, biomass and ramets allocated to bare habitats were not significantly changed by the stolon connection (only a 5% increase in biomass and a 6% increase in number of ramets). These results indicate that clonal integration facilitated V. spiralis not to escape from but invade into vegetated habitats. The study provides evidence that physiological integration is important for survival and tolerance of ramets in competitively stressful environments and can help clonal macrophytes coexist with other species.     

Responses of Hedysarum Laeve, a guerrilla clonal semi-shrub in the Mu Us sandland, to local sand burial

In arid and semi-arid inland deserts,one of the environmental stresses for plants is recurrent sand burial,which can influence the physical and biotic microenvironments of the plants and soil.Previous studies have shown that different levels of sand burial have different effects on plants.Slight sand burial could increase the height increment,leaf biomass and the number of new ramets of the plants while heavy sand burial could impair the growth of the plants and even decrease their chances of survival.In other words,below a certain threshold level of burial,the growth of plants is stimulated probably because of multiple factors.However,as the level of burial increases,the positive response starts to decline until it becomes a negative value.Arid and semi-arid inland deserts are frequently colonized and stabilized by many rhizomatous clonal plants.Clonal physiological integration often helps clonal plants buffer local environmental stress encountered by ramets.A rhizomatous clonal semishrub,Hedysarum laeve (H.laeve),is the dominant plant species and important for vegetation restoration in the Mu Us sandland.To investigate whether clonal integration can increase the threshold of sand burial and help rhizomatous H.laeve tolerate heavy sand burial,we conducted a field experiment.The results showed that slight sand burial could accelerate ramet growth and enhance leaf biomass,stem biomass and shoot biomass,while heavy sand burial reducesed the biomass of the plant and impairs survival and growth of the ramets.Clonal integration increased the threshold of sand burial.Under heavy sand burial,ramets connected to other ramets not buried in sand were more in terms of height increment,stem biomass,leaf biomass and shoot biomass compared to the ramets encountering sand burial but disconnected from other ramets.It suggested that clonal physiological integration could help H.laeve ramets tolerate relatively heavy sand burial.We also discussed that clonal integration plays a role in H.laeve presence in the Mu Us sandland.     

毛乌素沙地游击型克隆半灌木羊柴对局部沙埋的反应

不同程度的沙埋是生长在干旱和半干旱区内陆沙丘的植物经常遭遇的事件,沙埋可以改变植物所处的生物和非生物环境条件。已有研究表明不同程度的沙埋对于植物的影响不同。轻微程度的沙埋可以增加植物高度、促进生物量的积累和新生分株的产生。如果沙埋强度不断增加,对植物的影响由正效应逐渐转变为负效应。即超过一定沙埋阈值后,沙埋会削弱植物的生长,甚至影响植物的存活。干旱和半干旱区内陆沙丘中常常生长着许多克隆植物,克隆整合常常可以缓解克隆植物分株所遭受的局部环境胁迫。根茎型克隆植物羊柴(Hedysarum laeve)是毛乌素沙地的优势半灌木之一,也是当地重要的固沙植物。为了探讨克隆整合的作用是否可以提高沙埋阈值,并有助于羊柴忍受高强度的沙埋,以其为研究对象开展了野外实验。结果表明:轻微程度的沙埋(例如沙埋深度是原始羊柴分株高的10%~20%)可以加速羊柴分株的高生长,提高叶片生物量、茎生物量以及整个地上部分的生物量。高强度的沙埋(例如沙埋深度是原始羊柴分株高的80%~100%)会削弱羊柴分株的存活和生长。在与不遭受沙埋分株相连的情况下,羊柴分株遭受沙埋的阈值高于没有分株相连的,而且在高强度的沙埋下,前者(有分株相连的遭受沙埋的分株)比后者(没有分株相连的遭受沙埋的分株)在株高增量、茎生物量、叶片生物量以及地上分株生物量上都要显著高。这暗示着克隆整合提高了羊柴遭受沙埋的阈值并有助于羊柴分株忍受高强度的沙埋。     

异质光环境下克隆整合对白夹竹光合氮分配格局的影响

采用盆栽试验,以单轴散生型竹类植物——白夹竹(Phyllostachys bissetii)克隆片段为对象,使近端分株处于自然光照环境,远端分株处于遮荫环境中,对根状茎作切断或不切断处理,研究克隆整合对远端分株和近端分株光合氮分配格局的影响。结果表明:(1)根状茎保持连接的远端分株较根状茎切断的远端分株具有更高的最大净光合速率、叶片氮含量、光合色素含量、叶片光合氮分配系数。(2)相对根状茎切断处理,根状茎保持连接的远端分株将更多的氮分配到光合系统的羧化系统、生物力能学组分,而分配至捕光系统组分的比例较小。(3)比较处于自然光照条件的近端分株,比叶重、叶片氮含量等并没有因根状茎切断与否表现出显著性差异,根状茎连接的近端分株部分指标甚至高于根状茎切断的近端分株。研究认为,克隆整合作用影响处于遮荫环境的白夹竹远端分株的光合氮分配格局,使得处于遮荫生境中的克隆分株依旧维持较高的光合能力,保证了处于逆境条件下克隆分株的生存与生长。     

林冠环境对亚高山针叶林下缺苞箭竹生物量分配和克隆形态的影响

通过对亚高山针叶林的林下、小林窗(130 m²)、中林窗(300 m²)和大林窗(500 m²) 4种林冠环境中缺苞箭竹(Fargesia denudata)分株种群特征进行调查, 研究其生物量分配格局和克隆形态可塑性。研究结果表明: (1)分株生物量、基径、高度以及分株各构件生物量随林冠郁闭度减小均表现为先增加后减小的趋势, 在小林窗中达到最大值; (2)大林窗中, 根生物量分配和数量显著高于其他林冠环境, 随林冠郁闭度增大, 分株不断增大叶生物量分配、比叶面积和分枝百分比等地上部分投资, 以适应低光环境; (3)比茎长和比地下茎长随林冠郁闭度增大表现为先减小后增加的趋势, 在小林窗值最低, 分枝强度在小林窗和中林窗中显著高于林下和大林窗环境。结果显示, 缺苞箭竹在不同林冠环境中具有生物量分配和克隆形态的可塑性, 以利于种群对光资源的有效利用。小林窗环境是缺苞箭竹较适宜的生境, 生物量积累最多, 长势最好。     

Effect of wastewater sludge on growth and heavy metal bioaccumulation of two Salix species

Fast-growing tree species, such as willows, can benefit from sludge application. While sludges are good fertilizers, they may contain heavy metals which could reduce productivity and cause environment risks. The aims of the present research were to: i) determine the biomass production of Salix discolor Mühl. and Salix viminalis L. when supplied with various amounts of dried and pelleted sludge and ii) assess the uptake and accumulation of heavy metals. Trials were carried out using unrooted cuttings that were planted in large plastic pots containing sandy soil and grown outdoors for a 20-week period. Five doses of sludge were applied: the equivalents of 0 (T0), 40 (T1), 80 (T2), 120 (T3), 160 (T4) and 200 (T5) kg “available” N ha^-1. Trees which received the highest dosage of sludge showed the best growth. Stem biomass was significantly greater for S. viminalis which had received sludge treatments. The relationship between the total biomass yield Y (g) and the rate of fertilization X (equivalent to kg of “available” nitrogen provided per hectare) is linear. Regression equations of predicted biomass production were established as follows: S. discolor, Y=28.36+0.56X and S. viminalis, Y=39.95+0.64X. For both species, the greatest stem biomass per g of N applied was produced with treatment 4 and 5. Amounts of nitrogen per leaf area (N/LA) and per dry leaf mass (N/DL) were higher for S. viminalis. The metal transfer coefficient did not vary between the species but was significantly different for Cd and Zn. Plants were able to absorb Cd and Zn, but were less able to absorb Ni, Hg, Cu, and Pb. It was concluded that the dried and pelleted sludge is a good fertilizer. S. discolor and particularly S. viminalis can be used as filters for the purification of wastewater sludge as well as for biomass production purposes. R F Huettl Section editor     

Taming the Beast: Managing Hydrology to Control Carolina Willow (Salix caroliniana) Seedlings and Cuttings

Historically, wetlands along the St. Johns River, Florida, were dominated by herbaceous marshes. However, in the last 50 years many areas transformed to shrub‐dominated wetlands, at the same time a system of levees and canals was constructed to control flooding. We tested the role of water management in controlling Carolina willow (Salix caroliniana), a native shrub that accounts for most of this shift. We assessed survival and growth of seedlings and cuttings on four artificial islands. We planted willow seedlings and cuttings at the spring waterline and at three higher levels (+17.5, +35, and +50 cm) and evaluated their responses to natural hydrologic fluctuations. Overall, seedlings had lower survival than cuttings. Highest mortality occurred during summer floods and willows greater than 50 cm above marsh surface had the highest survivorship. Surviving seedlings attained similar height and biomass among elevations, but the cuttings had greater stem diameter, stem height, and biomass at higher elevations. In the second experiment, we planted seedlings and short (25 cm) and tall (50 cm) cuttings at the waterline and at three higher levels (+25, +35, and +50 cm) in artificial ponds with controlled water levels. Before flooding, seedlings at the highest elevation suffered some mortality due to desiccation, but after flooding, they had the highest survival. Elevation did not affect cutting survival, but those at the lowest elevation had the greatest height and biomass. Hydrologic manipulation can be a powerful tool to control willow establishment. However, its success depends on timely and prolonged inundation or water drawdown .     

Leaf number and position effects on the survival and performance of grape microcuttings in vitro,and the sensitivity of the cut nodal region to the medium

The presence of leaf in microcuttings of grape cvs. Arka Neelamani and Thompson Seedless promoted rooting in vitro (MS, 1 μM IAA, 0.1 μM GA₃, 3% sucrose) but the effect varied depending on the number of leaves and position of the leaf on the cutting. Single node cuttings with a full-length lower internode and a lamina at top (LAT) showed earlier rooting and more root and shoot growth than cuttings with lamina positioned at the middle (LAM), while cuttings with a leaf at the base (LAB) of the cutting and full-length upper internode exhibited a lower percent rooting and sprouting, poor root and shoot growth, and low survival. Partial or complete removal of the upper internodal segment in LAB cuttings improved rooting and sprouting suggesting the possible operation of an inhibitory effect by the upper internode. Retaining an upper leaf in LAB cuttings (LAB+UL) resulted in necrosis of the upper leaf often followed by the lower one. The extent of necrotic damage was influenced by the leaf area and position or age of the cutting on the stock shoot. Retaining the lower internode in LAB and LAB+UL cuttings which held the node–leaf junction away from the medium, or reducing the concentration of MS medium helped significantly in improving the survival and performance of these cuttings. The difference in reaction between LAB and LAT cuttings was attributable mainly to the difference in the sensitivity of the stem part that came in contact with the medium. Removal of the leaf in LAB cuttings reduced this sensitivity. The majority of the LAB and LAB+UL cuttings, as well as non-rooting or delayed rooting LAT and LAM cuttings, exhibited high purple pigmentation of leaf, petiole and stem. Two-leafed cuttings in vitro showed poor survival, less rooting and low plantlet output compared to single-leafed cuttings. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.