PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for rearing seedlings of a mangrove by which seeds of the mangrove are arranged on a floating nursery bed planting part composed of a fine mesh cloth without passing roots therethrough and the ecesic ratio can remarkably be improved after transplantation...
Methods The "righting" of red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) propagules was studied using frequent observation and time lapse photography under growth chamber and greenhouse conditions. Rates of leaf appearance were analyzed as functions of substrate, propagule placement, propagule orientation and ...