PART I. GENERAL ASPECTS OF PROPAGATION

1. How Plant Propagation Evolved In Human Society

2. Biology of Plant Propagation

3. The Propagation Environment

PART II. SEED PROPAGATION

4. Seed Development

5. Principles and Practices of Seed Selection

6. Techniques of Seed Production and Handling

7. Principles of Propagation from Seeds

8. Techniques of Propagation by Seed

PART III. VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION

9. Principles of Propagation by Cuttings

10. Techniques of Propagation by Cuttings

11. Principles of Grafting and Budding

12. Techniques of Grafting

13. Techniques of Budding

14. Layering and Its Natural Modifications

15. Propagation by Specialized Stems and Roots

16. Principles and Practices of Clonal Selection

PART IV. CELL AND TISSUE CULTURE PROPAGATION

17. Principles of Tissue Culture and Micropropagation

18. Techniques for Micropropagation

PART V. PROPAGATION OF SELECTED PLANT SPECIES

19. Propagation Methods and Rootstocks for Fruit and Nut Species

20. Propagation of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines

21. Propagation of Selected Annuals and Herbaceous Perennials Used As Ornamentals

Subject Index

Plant Index, Scientific Names

Plant Index, Common Names