Date:

Thursday 29 May 2008

Time:

3.30 – 4.30pm (light refreshments will follow)

Location:

Room E2.111/111A, ATFI Building (Building E2), JCU Smithfield campus, McGregor Road, Smithfield, CAIRNS

Summary:

This seminar will provide an introduction to vegetative propagation in trees and some general principles based on 30 years of research on the factors affecting the rooting ability of tropical trees.

It will examine five critical stages in the rooting process in cuttings; from the stock plant environment to the propagator.

Speaker:

Roger Leakey

Presented by:

Australian Tropical Forest Institute (ATFI)

Contact:

Everyone welcome. A campus map with directions to the ATFI building can be downloaded (pdf file, 596 kb).

For further information and to RSVP for catering purposes, please contact Isla Grundy, Tel: (07) 4059 5008 or E-mail: isla.grundy@csiro.au