Rooting of Mesquite (Prosopis) Cuttings

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Abstract
Natural mesquite stands and other seed-propagated mesquite are extremely variable because of mesquite''s obligately outcrossed breeding mechanism. Cuttings of 6 spp. of Prosopis (mesquite) representing Hawaiian, North American and South American germ plasm were successfully rooted using a translucent high humidity chamber, greenhouse-grown cutting stock, a foliar dithane (fungicide) spray, and a 3 s 100% dimethylsulfoxide dip containing (mg/l):IBA (6000), napthaleneacetic acid (9000), boric acid (100), calcium chloride (200), thiamin (100) and Banrot (100).