Abstract
Bud explants of Cinnamomum kanehirae trees were collected during the period of January to November in 2014. Those buds came from superior clonal trees with good wood quality after field trial for 10 years (named as CB), and from wild trees that have been proven to grow fruit body of Androdia cinnamomea (named as FB). The successful bud cultures in vitro were came from the materials of January and February. Shoots excised from 5 CB and 5 FB budding cultures were transferred into multiplication medium. Multiplication rates differed among clones. The best one was 2.8 shoots/cultures. We propagated 3178 rooted cuttings of 11 superior clones tested in field, and 106 rooted cuttings from wild trees. Survival rates and tree height of 5 scion gardens were investigated. Sun-moon-lake garden, Nanto County had greater survival rate, while Chanling nursery, Ilan County had the tallest height. TC (tissue cultures) plants grew better than rooted cuttings. In Chanling nursery, 6 out of 8 TC clones grew more than 200 cm tall, whereas only one rooted cuttings of clone A01 reached the similar height. In Sun-moon-lake, clones of tree height more than 200 m were TC#F5 and TC#D27. Fruit body of A. cinnamomea strain B performed the best when cultured in logs more than 1.1 kg in weight. Clone #1,3, 4, and 11 were readily to induce fruit body. Plants of 5 clones with great survival and rapid growth were potted to examine the differences of morphological characters.