Root spawn
As root suckers , root shoots , suckers , root sprouts , root sprouting , root rash or ground engine plant shoots are called, from root buds, adventitious buds are formed on the surface growing roots. The growth of root shoots is usually triggered by a disruption in the growth substance balance. After being wounded forming hazel , lime trees , the horse chestnut and elm root suckers without wounding the sweet chestnut , the aspen , alder , poplars of section Populus , Robinia , Speierling and pastures . Mountain and Norway maple , oak , common ash , red beech and hornbeam show only a slight tendency towards root brood . Many varieties of figs also willingly form root shoots that make them easy to multiply. In fruit growing, certain rootstocks tend to shoot, but this is perceived as annoying.
literature
- Schütt, Schuck, Stimm: Lexicon of tree and shrub species . Nikol, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-933203-53-8 , pp. 569 .
- Gerhard Wagenitz : Dictionary of botany. Morphology, anatomy, taxonomy, evolution. 2nd, expanded edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-937872-94-0 , pp. 351-352.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wagenitz: Dictionary of Botany , pp. 351–352
- ↑ Lexicon of Biology on Spektrum.de
- ↑ Schütt et al .: Lexicon of Tree and Shrub Species, p. 569