Innovations developed in Moringa Oleifera (Drumstick tree, horseradish tree) propagation
This practice describes how moringa plant can be propagated by air layering to promote vegetative propagation of trees and produce seedlings. Farmers nowadays might prefer propagation of moringa through air-layered cuttings rather than through seed propagation because through vegetative propagation the air layered seedlings represent the characteristics of selected mother trees better. Seeds, if sown in a usual way, do not show the character of mother trees that well. High yielding varieties of selected mother trees can be propagated in a better way using propagation through air layered cuttings.
Author: Sustainable Agriculture & Environmental Voluntary Action - SEVA
Organization: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Year: 2016
Country/ies: India
Geographical coverage: Asia and the Pacific
Type: Practices
Full text available at: https://www.fao.org/teca/en/technologies/8766
Content language: English