Open AccessAttempts at propagation of the Sea Onion (Urginea maritima (L.) Baker) under greenhouse conditions
Author(s) -
Eleonora Binek
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta agrobotanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2300-357X
pISSN - 0065-0951
DOI - 10.5586/aa.1991.007
Subject(s) - cutting , bulb , greenhouse , biology , plant propagation , mediterranean climate , botany , vegetative reproduction , horticulture , phenology , ecology
Propagation of Urginea maritima by seeds and bulb cuttings was carried out under greenhouse conditions. This Mediterranean species contains proscyllaridin A used for therapy. The plants after two years of propagation from 2-scale bulb cuttings had bulblet diameters (2.7 cm) and mass of bulblets with roots (22.3 g) about 3 and 9 times larger, respectively, in comparision with the plants reproduced from seeds. The possibility of Urginea maritima production under greenhouse conditions in our country is rather limited as this species has a slow growth and its intensive vegetation falls on the autumn-winter season