RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Propagation of arid land peperomia (Peperomia blanda var. floribunda) via leaf cuttings
JF Native Plants Journal
JO NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 25
OP 30
DO 10.3368/npj.20.1.25
VO 20
IS 1
A1 Baldos, Orville C
A1 Corpuz, Aleta K
YR 2019
UL http://npj.uwpress.org/content/20/1/25.abstract
AB Arid land peperomia (Peperomia blanda (Jacq.) Kunth var. floribunda (Miq.) H. Huber [Piperaceae]) was vegetatively propagated using leaf cuttings treated with or without 1000 ppm indole-3-butyric acid. Results after 1 mo indicated no significant benefit of rooting hormone treatment. High mean percent rooting (> 80%) was observed in both treatments, with each leaf cutting having a mean of 2 shoot initials and mean longest root length of 2.2 cm (0.87 in). Whole leaf cuttings provide a feasible vegetative propagation material for arid land peperomia. Plantlets can be generated from cuttings in approximately 118 d.