Environmental, Physiological and Chemical Controls of Adventitious Rooting in Cuttings

Azamal Husen served as Professor & Head, Department of Biology, University of Gondar, Ethiopia and is a Foreign Delegate at Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita, Ethiopia. He was also a Visiting Faculty member of the Forest Research Institute, and the Doon College of Agriculture and Forest at Dehra Dun, India. He specializes in biogenic nanomaterial fabrication and application, plant responses to environmental stresses and nanomaterials at the physiological, biochemical and molecular levels, herbal medicine, and clonal propagation for improvement of tree species, and has published over 200 research articles. He is contributed to R&D projects of World Bank, ICAR, ICFRE, JBIC etc.

1. Physiology of adventitious root formation in cuttings: An overview 2. Environmental control of adventitious rooting in cuttings 3. Molecular control of adventitious root formation 4. Genetic approach of adventitious root formation in cuttings 5. Hormones homeostasis and signaling during adventitious root formation in cuttings 6. Transcriptome analysis of auxin induced adventitious root formation in cuttings 7. Metabolism during adventitious root primordium initiation and development 8. Anatomical changes during adventitious root formation in cuttings 9. Involvement of wound response and primary metabolism during adventitious root formation in cuttings 10. Role of auxin in adventitious root formation 11. Role of hydrogen peroxide in adventitious root formation 12. Role of nitric oxide in adventitious root formation 13. Role of jasmonic acid in adventitious root formation 14. Role of 2,4-D in adventitious root formation 15. Role of cytokinins in adventitious root formation 16. Role of polyamines in adventitious root formation 17. Role of strigolactones in adventitious root formation 18. Role of phenolic compounds in adventitious root formation 19. Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium in adventitious root formation 20. In vitro micrografting to induce juvenility and improve rooting 21. Natural variation in adventitious root formation 22. Adventitious root formation in cuttings as influence by genotypes, branch position, leaf area and types of cuttings 23. Adventitious root formation in cuttings and effects of maturation (juvenile and mature phages) 24. Cloning by cuttings: Hormonal characteristics in relation crown position, rooting competence, and orthotropism as ramets 25. Micropropagation in mature trees by manipulation of phase change, stress and culture environment 26. Macropropagation in mature trees by manipulation of phase change, stress and culture environment