marcottingn.
/ˈmɑːkɒtɪŋ/, /ˈmɑːkətɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɑrˌkɑdɪŋ/, /ˈmɑrkədɪŋ/ Horticulture.
= marcottage n.
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1926 Philippine Agric. 15 64 Time for marcotting.
1955 R. C. M. Wright Plant Propagation xv. 99 ‘Air layering’, ‘Chinese layering’ or ‘marcotting’ is believed to have been used by gardeners for thousands of years.
1958 R. J. Garner Grafter's Handbk. (rev. ed.) iii. 60 Marcotting..is variously known as air layering, Chinese layering, circumposition, or, in India and elsewhere, as gootee.
1969 Gloss. for Landscape Work (B.S.I.) v. 12 Marcotting, a form of air layering in which a soil-based rooting medium is used.
1992 Plant & Soil 144 227 Inoculation with mixed species of Scutellospora and Glomus, resulted in higher dry matter yield and stem diameter of mycorrhizal plants obtained through budding, air layering or marcotting..and stem cutting.
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