An easy multiplication method through air-layering of branches of commercially important horticulture species Litchi chinensis using Sphagnum as substrate media is discussed in the present paper.
Macro-propagation, Air layering, Litchi chinensis, Sphagnum
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Verma, P.K., Das, N., Kumar, V. and Yadav, A., 2015. An Easy Air-layering technique of vegetative multiplication in Litchi chinensis. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 22(4), pp.225-228. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2015-38IA45
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