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PLANT PROPAGATION [4 records]

Record 1 2018-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Agricultural Engineering
OBS

The Plant Propagation Centre initiates and multiplies disease-tested tissue cultured potato material. Nuclear stock plantlets and microtubers are produced, which become the basis for New Brunswick's seed potato industry. The Centre supplies a full range of varieties to its customers.

Key term(s)
  • Plant Propagation Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Génie agricole
OBS

Le Centre de propagation des végétaux produit et multiplie du matériel de pommes de terre de semence à partir de tissus végétaux soumis à des essais pour garantir l'absence de maladies. Le matériel de base produit, soit les plantules et les microtubercules, est le fondement de l'industrie de la pomme de terre de semence du Nouveau-Brunswick. Le Centre fournit une gamme complète de variétés à ses clients.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Foreign Trade
  • Crop Protection

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Protection des végétaux

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Agricultural Engineering
DEF

The practice of producing new plants which may be by asexual means, such as division, graftage, cuttage, layerage, etc., or by the use of seeds.

CONT

Horticulturists use plant propagation to perpetuate; increase, and repair plants and to control growth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Génie agricole
DEF

Mode de propagation sans intervention sexuelle, par exemple par bouturage, greffage etc.

OBS

On parle souvent de multiplication végétative pour mieux l'opposer à la reproduction par graine ou semence qui implique la sexualité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Horticultura
  • Ingeniería agrícola
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Record 4 1997-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Horticulture
Key term(s)
  • plant propagation material

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Horticulture

Spanish

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