A Relationship between Length of Basis and Adventitious Root Formation in Pea Cuttings

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Abstract
A positive correlation between the length of the basis and the ability of the cuttings to form adventitious roots was observed in pea cuttings. Plants with a different basis length (the third internode) were obtained in different ways: Regulation by the level of irradiance, dark treatment or gibberellic acid. The length of the basis was also regulated by excision of the cuttings at different places on the stock plants. With increasing basis length an increase was found in the number of roots subsequently formed. The results were similar in cuttings from plants grown at different levels of irradiance or from dark treated plants. Optimal rooting was obtained by cutting the plants just above the second scale leaf. Cuttings from plants treated with 10−3M GA3 showed the same correlation between the length of the third internode and root formation as found in the other experiments, but the number of roots were at a lower level.