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Automated Rapid Propagation Technology for Woody Honeysuckle

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Woody honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) can be propagated by many methods, but using plant non-test-tube micro-tissue cloning technology for rapid propagation requires little investment, saves material, and is fast. If year-round propagation is possible, starting from a single plant, 500,000 plants can be propagated in a year. Most valuable of all, ordinary farmers can learn this technology, and it can be widely applied to the rapid propagation of other plants. 1. Bed preparation: Use river sand and similar materials to build a sand bed 1-1.5 m wide. Inside a simple plastic film arched shed 4.5 m wide and 1.8 m high, 2 sand beds can be laid. In the center of each sand bed, every

Woody honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) can be propagated by many methods, but using plant non-test-tube micro-tissue cloning technology for rapid propagation requires little investment, saves material, and is fast. If year-round propagation is possible, starting from a single plant, 500,000 plants can be propagated in a year. Most valuable of all, ordinary farmers can learn this technology, and it can be widely applied to the rapid propagation of other plants.

1. Bed preparation: Use river sand and similar materials to build a sand bed 1-1.5 m wide. Inside a simple plastic film arched shed 4.5 m wide and 1.8 m high, 2 sand beds can be laid. In the center of each sand bed, install one micro-sprinkler every 1.5 m. Then cover the arched shed with a layer of shade net with a shading rate of 30%-50%.

2. Material collection and treatment: Cut current-year branches from the mother woody honeysuckle plant nearby. After returning indoors, cut each node off, leaving 0.5 cm of stem above the node and 1-4 cm of stem below the node, and keep one pair of leaves on the node. Use 1 g of JH-1 compound rooting agent and 25 g of carbendazim, mix with 20 kg of water, and place in a plastic basin. Soak the plant material in the above solution, then after 10 minutes gently lift it out for later use.

3. Seedbed management: Insert the above material into the seedbed. More than 1,500 plants can be inserted per sq m, with leaves close together but not overlapping each other. Start the electronic automatic seedling-raising instrument so that it enters an automatic interval misting state.

4. Out-of-bed transplanting: At a suitable temperature, roots form in 5-7 days, and in 15-20 days the root system becomes very well developed. At this time, move the honeysuckle seedlings to the field and water thoroughly once. The survival rate can reach 100%. If the weather is especially dry, appropriately increase the number of waterings and add shade facilities.

5. Subculture propagation: The propagated young seedlings have well-developed root systems and quickly send out new branches. When the new branches reach more than 5 leaves, they can again be used as mother material for collection and expanded propagation. The propagation speed is extremely fast.

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