Chapter 15 Plant Propagation Asexual Reproduction Cuttings Grafting

Chapter 15 Plant Propagation

Asexual Reproduction • • Cuttings Grafting Budding Layering Division Rhizomes Stolons Tillers or Suckers

Cuttings • • Stem Cuttings Tip Cuttings Medial Cuttings Cane Cuttings Single Eye Double Eye Heel Cutting • Leaf Cutting • Whole Leaf with Petiole • Whole Leaf without Petiole • Split Vein • Leaf Section • Root Cutting

Types of Cuttings

Stem Cutting

Cane Cutting

Single Eye Cutting

Double Eye Cutting

Heel Cutting

Leaf Cutting

Leaf Petiole Cutting

Split Vein Cutting

Leaf Section Cutting

Leaf bud cutting

Fleshy Root Cutting

Non-fleshy Root Cutting

Grafting & Budding • Grafting – Scion – Bud Union – Rootstock

Types of grafts • • • Whip Bark Cleft T-Budding Patch-budding

Whip graft

Cleft graft

Budding • Patch Budding • Chip Budding • T-Budding

Chip Budding

T-Budding

Layering • • Tip Layering Simple Layering Mound layering Air Layering

Tip

Simple Layering

Compound Layering

Mound Layering

Air Layering

Other Natural Propagation Methods • Runners • Suckers • Crowns

Stolons and runners

Propagation using Specialized stems • • • Bulbs Corms Tuberous roots Rhizomes

Corms

Tubers

Rhizomes

Micro propagation • Tissue Culture