Abstract
The most effective method of propagation as well as the optimal content of plant growth regulators and appropriate supplements to apply were determined for Weeping fig (Ficus benjamina L.) ‘Exotica’, a common woody species grown in indoor conditions. Both, vegetative propagation by cuttings and micropropagation were successfully established in this study. Results of the two-year study on vegetative propagation showed that stem cuttings treated with plant growth regulators containing 0.5% α-naphthalene acetic acid had the greatest percentage of rooting (91.67%). In the study on micropropagation, the effects of cytokinins and activated charcoal on multiplication and rooting were tested. The multiplication faze showed to be the most efficient on MS medium containing 4 mg l-1 BA and 1 mg l-1 IBA. A higher percentage of rooting (50.3%), root length (27.9 mm) and number of roots (5.4) were obtained in plants grown in medium with activated charcoal. Our study showed that the use of adequate plant growth regulators and appropriate supplements (e.g. active charcoal) positively influences the quality and the rapidity of Weeping Fig (Ficus benjamina L.) “Exotica” propagation.
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Claim · model-written summary
Stem cuttings treated with growth regulators containing 0.5% alpha-naphthalene acetic acid had the greatest rooting percentage, 91.67%.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina
Ficus benjaminae1 - Organ / stage
- stem cuttingse0
- Treatment
- plant growth regulators containing 0.5% α-naphthalene acetic acide0
- Outcome
- percentage of rootinge0
- Direction
- greateste0
- Value
- 91.67%e0
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Verbatim
e1“Weeping fig (Ficus benjamina L.)”
e0“stem cuttings treated with plant growth regulators containing 0.5% α-naphthalene acetic acid had the greatest percentage of rooting (91.67%)”
Claim · model-written summary
The multiplication phase was most efficient on MS medium with 4 mg l-1 BA and 1 mg l-1 IBA.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjaminaFicus benjaminae1
- Treatment
- MS medium containing 4 mg l-1 BA and 1 mg l-1 IBAe2
- Outcome
- multiplication fazee2
- Direction
- most efficiente2
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Verbatim
e1“Weeping fig (Ficus benjamina L.)”
e2“The multiplication faze showed to be the most efficient on MS medium containing 4 mg l-1 BA and 1 mg l-1 IBA”
Claim · model-written summary
Medium with activated charcoal gave a higher rooting percentage, 50.3%, in micropropagated Weeping fig.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjaminaFicus benjaminae1
- Treatment
- activated charcoale3
- Outcome
- percentage of rootinge3
- Direction
- highere3
- Value
- 50.3%e3
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Verbatim
e1“Weeping fig (Ficus benjamina L.)”
e3“A higher percentage of rooting (50.3%), root length (27.9 mm) and number of roots (5.4) were obtained in plants grown in medium with activated charcoal”
Claim · model-written summary
Medium with activated charcoal gave a higher root length, 27.9 mm, in micropropagated Weeping fig.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjaminaFicus benjaminae1
- Treatment
- activated charcoale3
- Outcome
- root lengthe3
- Direction
- highere3
- Value
- 27.9 mme3
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Verbatim
e1“Weeping fig (Ficus benjamina L.)”
e3“A higher percentage of rooting (50.3%), root length (27.9 mm) and number of roots (5.4) were obtained in plants grown in medium with activated charcoal”
Claim · model-written summary
Medium with activated charcoal gave a higher number of roots, 5.4, in micropropagated Weeping fig.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjaminaFicus benjaminae1
- Treatment
- activated charcoale3
- Outcome
- number of rootse3
- Direction
- highere3
- Value
- 5.4e3
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Weeping fig (Ficus benjamina L.)”
e3“A higher percentage of rooting (50.3%), root length (27.9 mm) and number of roots (5.4) were obtained in plants grown in medium with activated charcoal”
Claim · model-written summary
Adequate growth regulators and supplements such as activated charcoal positively influence the quality and rapidity of Weeping fig propagation.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjaminaFicus benjaminae1
- Treatment
- adequate plant growth regulators and appropriate supplements (e.g. active charcoal)e4
- Outcome
- quality and the rapiditye4
- Direction
- positively influencese4
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Verbatim
e1“Weeping fig (Ficus benjamina L.)”
e4“the use of adequate plant growth regulators and appropriate supplements (e.g. active charcoal) positively influences the quality and the rapidity of”
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