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"As in previous editions, the book is organized into five basic parts. The initial three chapters are introductory chapters meant to support general aspects of propagation, including a historical perspective, basic plant biology concepts, and the environmental control of facilities associated with propagation and nursery practices. Part two provides a discussion of seed propagation from the initial aspects of seed development through seed production, domancy, and germination. Part three covers important aspects of vegetatibe propagation. This reorganized section begins with a basic discussion of clonal selection followed by the major chapters describing vegetative propagation by cuttings and grafting. It concludes with chapters covering layering and propagation by specialized structures, including bulbs and tuberous roots. The fourth part of the textook is a discussion of propagation utilizing tissue culture techniques."--Préface.