Table 2.1, The effect of age on rooting percentage, average number of roots, and average root length of roots for pawpaw in a 2002 trench layering study.....2 Table 2.2, The effect of IBA concentration on rooting percentage, average number of roots, and average length of roots for pawpaw in a 2002 trench layering study.....27 Table 2.3, The effects of seedling age and IBA concentration on rooting characteristics of pawpaw in a 2002 trench layering experiment.....27 Table 2.4, The effect of age on rooting percentage, average number of roots, and average root length of roots for pawpaw in a 2003 trench layering study.....28 Table 2.5, The effect of IBA concentration on rooting percentage, average number of roots, and average length of roots for pawpaw in a 2003 trench layering study.....28 Table 2.6, The effects of seedling age and IBA concentration on rooting characteristics of pawpaw in a 2003 trench layering experiment.....28 Table 3.1, The effects of wounding, juvenility, IBA concentration, and auxin delivery system on rooting characteristics of pawpaw seedlings in a 2003 pot layering study.....38 Table 3.2, The effects of wounding and IBA concentration on rooting characteristics of grafted pawpaw trees of the cultivars PA-Golden and Sunflower in a 2003 pot layering study.....39 Table 3.3, Analysis of variance effects of seedling age and IBA concentration on rooting of pawpaw in a 2004 pot layering study.....40 Table 3.4, The effect of age on rooting percentage, average number of roots, and average root length for pawpaw in a 2003 pot layering study.....40 Table 3.5, The effect of IBA concentration on rooting percentage, average number of roots, and average root length for pawpaw in a 2003 pot layering study.....40 Table 5.1, Climatology data for six sites from which pawpaw seedlings included in 2002-2004 flowering and fruiting study originated.....65 Table 5.2, Vegetative and flowering characteristics of six populations of pawpaw evaluated in 2002, KSU Germplasm Orchard, Frankfort, Ky.....66 Table 5.3, Fruiting characteristics of six populations of pawpaw evaluated in 2002, KSU Germplasm Orchard, Frankfort, Ky.....66

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