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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Plant Production, Gardening > plant cultural practices > plant propagation > vegetative propagation > air layering
Preferred Term:

air layering

Definition:
Inducing root development on an undetached aerial portion of a plant, commonly by wounding it, treating it with a rooting-stimulant, and wrapping it in moist material under a waterproof covering, so that the portion so treated is capable of independent growth after separation from the mother plant.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
vegetative propagation
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/210675
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RDF/XMLCreated 2014-02-19, last modified 2014-11-17
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