Open AccessPropagation of Cycad Collections from Seed
Author(s) -
Michael Calonje,
Judy Kay,
M. Patrick Griffith
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
sibbaldia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2513-9231
DOI - 10.24823/sibbaldia.2011.123
Subject(s) - cycad , germination , pollen , biology , pollination , botany , agroforestry , horticulture
Propagation of cycads from seed can aid their conservation as it helps reduce the demand for wildcollected plants. Seed-produced plants can be used for reintroduction programmes if the parent plants are from known provenance and care is taken to avoid hybridisation. This paper discusses the techniques required for successful seed propagation of cycads, including pollen collection, storage, viability testing, manual pollination, seed collection, storage and germination.