The Rooting Database was originally created as a collection of pages each detailing published research results. All the rooting information was compiled by Dr. Choong I. Lee who, at the time, was working as a Staff Research Associate in the Department of Environmental Horticulture at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Lee spent many hours scouring the literature looking for detailed protocols focused on the rooting of woody perennials. In 1993, Dr. Lee and Dr. David W. Burger (Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Horticulture) converted the written information compiled by Dr. Lee into a dBase III database (J. Environ. Hort. 12(2):87-89. June 1994. In 1995, the diskette-distributed database was converted into HTML and loaded onto a web server. This website (getroots.net) is the first update of The Rooting Database since 1995.
To start searching The Rooting Database, click on "Search Rooting Database" in the upper-right corner of this page. You will be able to search on three fields: 1)Genus (Name), 2) Cultivar or 3) Reference. When searching for a specific cultivar, start your search with "cv." followed by the name of the cultivar. When searching for a reference, use the last name of the first author.
If you have rooting information on any woody perennials, use the keywords found in The Rooting Database (e.g. Name, Cultivar, Type, Stage, Taken, Medium, etc.) and send it to getroots.net@gmail.com. Thank you!