Dormant stock plants of apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) rootstocks M.26 and Ottawa 3; Rhododendron `Britannia', `Purple Splendour', and `Unknown Warrior'; and mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia L.) `Ostbo Red' and seedlings were forced to grow at 18 or 28 °C in continuous darkness or 14-h photoperiods. Etiolated shoots were then acclimated to light with or without aluminum foil wrapped around their bases to keep the bases etiolated. Shoots forced in diurnal light were neither etiolated nor wrapped and served as controls for the etiolation treatments. Compared to controls, wrapping etiolated stems improved rooting of M.26 (60% vs. 82%) and `Ottawa 3' (81% vs. 97%) apple and of `Britannia' (76% vs. 90%) and `Unknown Warrior' (80% vs. 91%) rhododendron. Etiolation improved rooting percentage of `Unknown Warrior' regardless of wrapping. Regardless of etiolation, forcing `Ottawa 3' at 18 °C improved rooting percentage (92% vs. 74%) and roots per cutting (12 vs. 7) compared to forcing at 28 °C. Etiolated mountain laurel cuttings generally rooted best at 18 °C; control cuttings rooted best at 28 °C.
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