Overview
Describes a simplified propagation technique using leaf-stem breakpoint cuttings that reduces material cost and complexity compared to conventional stem cutting methods. Demonstrates comparable rooting success and makes kava propagation more accessible for small-scale and beginning American growers.
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Access to those records is open to stakeholders in the American kava growing industry — growers with at least one acre in production and a contract in place for the purchase of licensed planting material.
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