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Bud Recovery Process for Malus
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1. Rehydration is accomplished using moist peat moss. |
2. Chip bud cut from 35 mm bud section. |
3. Thin chip bud for optimum recovery. |
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4. Two chip buds are then grafted to a seedling rootstock. |
5. Careful bud tying. |
6. Top of rootstock is cut 17 days after chip grafting buds. |
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7. Bud emergence and growth. |
8. Recovery tests in progress in one of the PGRU greenhouses. |
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Last Modified: 10/14/2011
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