Abstract
When transplanting mature Ficus trees, the large root balls are expensive to treat, handle, and move. This study aimed to identify the optimal wounding method and auxin treatment for regenerating adventitious roots (ARs) from weeping fig (Ficus benjamina L.) stems to uptake additional water and to compensate for fewer absorption roots in the smaller root balls at transplantation. We adopted a two-factorial experiment involving the wounding methods (three-line cut (3LC) and rectangular peel (RP)) and auxin treatments (2000 mg·L−1 Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), 2000 mg·L−1 IBA + 2000 mg·L−1 1-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), and 4000 mg·L−1 IBA). The rooting rate of each treatment, the mean root number, the length of the three longest ARs, and the dry weight of ARs in each wound were evaluated. The treatment combination using 4000 mg·L−1 IBA with RP13 (rectangular peel 1/3 the perimeter of the stem) consistently exhibited the best rooting results in 2019 and 2020. It had a 100% rooting rate, a mean of 18.5 roots, a 16.8 cm root length, and a 1640 mg dry weight in the wounds. All auxin treatments demonstrated a superior rooting ability as compared to water treatments. The RP method regenerated more roots than the 3LC method. Doubling the RP length to be 2/3 of the perimeter improved the rooting ability. The locations of ARs varied under different treatment combinations, with 4000 mg·L−1 IBA on RP13 demonstrating the most diversified distribution on four edges of the wounds. Thus, it is recommended to regenerate ARs from stems of F. benjamina trees.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
The combination of 4000 mg/L IBA with rectangular peel of 1/3 the stem perimeter (RP13) consistently gave the best rooting results in 2019 and 2020.
- Taxon
- Weeping Fig
Ficus benjaminat0 - Treatment
- 4000 mg·L−1 IBA with RP13e1
- Outcome
- rooting resultse1
- Direction
- beste1
- Qualifier
- 2019 and 2020e1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Weeping Fig”
e1“The treatment combination using 4000 mg·L−1 IBA with RP13 (rectangular peel 1/3 the perimeter of the stem) consistently exhibited the best rooting results in 2019 and 2020”
Claim · model-written summary
The best treatment (4000 mg/L IBA with RP13) gave a 100% rooting rate in the wounds.
- Taxon
- Weeping FigFicus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- 4000 mg·L−1 IBA with RP13e1
- Outcome
- rooting ratee2
- Value
- 100%e2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Weeping Fig”
e1“The treatment combination using 4000 mg·L−1 IBA with RP13”
e2“It had a 100% rooting rate, a mean of 18.5 roots, a 16.8 cm root length, and a 1640 mg dry weight in the wounds”
Claim · model-written summary
The best treatment (4000 mg/L IBA with RP13) gave a mean of 18.5 roots in the wounds.
- Taxon
- Weeping FigFicus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- 4000 mg·L−1 IBA with RP13e1
- Outcome
- rootse2
- Value
- 18.5 rootse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Weeping Fig”
e1“The treatment combination using 4000 mg·L−1 IBA with RP13”
e2“It had a 100% rooting rate, a mean of 18.5 roots, a 16.8 cm root length, and a 1640 mg dry weight in the wounds”
Claim · model-written summary
The best treatment (4000 mg/L IBA with RP13) gave a root length of 16.8 cm in the wounds.
- Taxon
- Weeping FigFicus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- 4000 mg·L−1 IBA with RP13e1
- Outcome
- root lengthe2
- Value
- 16.8 cme2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Weeping Fig”
e1“The treatment combination using 4000 mg·L−1 IBA with RP13”
e2“It had a 100% rooting rate, a mean of 18.5 roots, a 16.8 cm root length, and a 1640 mg dry weight in the wounds”
Claim · model-written summary
The best treatment (4000 mg/L IBA with RP13) gave an adventitious root dry weight of 1640 mg in the wounds.
- Taxon
- Weeping FigFicus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- 4000 mg·L−1 IBA with RP13e1
- Outcome
- dry weighte2
- Value
- 1640 mge2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Weeping Fig”
e1“The treatment combination using 4000 mg·L−1 IBA with RP13”
e2“It had a 100% rooting rate, a mean of 18.5 roots, a 16.8 cm root length, and a 1640 mg dry weight in the wounds”
Claim · model-written summary
All auxin treatments gave superior rooting ability compared with water treatments.
- Taxon
- Weeping FigFicus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- auxin treatmentse1
- Outcome
- rooting abilitye1
- Direction
- superiore1
- Comparator
- water treatmentse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Weeping Fig”
e1“All auxin treatments demonstrated a superior rooting ability as compared to water treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
The rectangular peel (RP) method regenerated more roots than the three-line cut (3LC) method.
- Taxon
- Weeping FigFicus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- RP methode1
- Outcome
- rootse1
- Direction
- moree1
- Comparator
- 3LC methode1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Weeping Fig”
e1“The RP method regenerated more roots than the 3LC method”
Claim · model-written summary
Doubling the rectangular peel length to 2/3 of the stem perimeter improved rooting ability.
- Taxon
- Weeping FigFicus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- Doubling the RP length to be 2/3 of the perimetere1
- Outcome
- rooting abilitye1
- Direction
- improvede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Weeping Fig”
e1“Doubling the RP length to be 2/3 of the perimeter improved the rooting ability”
Claim · model-written summary
The locations of adventitious roots varied under different treatment combinations.
- Taxon
- Weeping FigFicus benjaminat0
- Outcome
- locations of ARs variede1
- Qualifier
- different treatment combinationse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Weeping Fig”
e1“The locations of ARs varied under different treatment combinations”
Claim · model-written summary
The 4000 mg/L IBA with RP13 treatment gave the most diversified distribution of adventitious roots on the four edges of the wounds.
- Taxon
- Weeping FigFicus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- 4000 mg·L−1 IBA on RP13e1
- Outcome
- distribution on four edges of the woundse1
- Direction
- most diversifiede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Weeping Fig”
e1“with 4000 mg·L−1 IBA on RP13 demonstrating the most diversified distribution on four edges of the wounds”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend regenerating adventitious roots from stems of F. benjamina trees.
- Taxon
- F. benjaminaFicus benjaminae1
- Outcome
- regenerate ARs from stemse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“it is recommended to regenerate ARs from stems of F. benjamina trees”
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