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Asexual PropagationTextbook pages 101 - 119
Essential Questions:
• What are the reasons for propagating plants asexually?
• What are leaf and leaf-bud cuttings and how are they used to produce a new plant?
• What are the types of stem cuttings and how do they differ?
• How are roots used to propagate plants?• What environmental factors affect the
rooting of cuttings?
What are the reasons for propagating plants asexually?
• Asexual reproduction in plants involves the reproduction of new plants using only the vegetative parts (stem, leaf, and root) of the parent plant.
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What are the reasons for propagating plants asexually?
• Asexual reproduction:– enables the production of plants that would be difficult
or impossible to reproduce if the plant does not produce viable seed or the seed is difficult to germinate.
– used when it is necessary to maintain certain genetic forms of the plant (the plants will be identical to the parent plant) = CLONES
– may be faster than propagation by seed– is easier in many cases and more economical (cheaper)
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION: cloning, faster, easier, cheaper
What are leaf and leaf-bud cuttings and how are they
used to produce a new plant?
• Entire leaves or portions of a leaf can be removed from the parent plant for use as a leaf cutting.
Leaf cutting - a piece of a leaf blade, or a leaf blade with the petiole attached.- leaf cuttings can produce new stems and roots from the edge of the leaf
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What are leaf and leaf-bud cuttings and how are they
used to produce a new plant?
Leaf-bud cutting - consists of a leaf blade, the petiole, and a short piece of stem with an attached bud.- the small bud will develop into a new plant stem that will eventually produce new plant roots
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What are the types of stem cuttings and how do they differ?
• Portions of stems that contain terminal or lateral buds are used for stem cuttings.
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What are the types of stem cuttings and how do they differ?
• Herbaceous cuttings - made from plants with stems that do not become woody– Examples:
geraniums, coleus, and carnations
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What are the types of stem cuttings and how do they differ?
• Softwood cuttings - taken from the soft, new growth in the spring or early summer
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What are the types of stem cuttings and how do they differ?
• Semi-hardwood cutttings - made from woody broadleaf plants in the summer after the plant has finished its rapid summer growth– Examples:
evergreen plants such as yew, juniper and holly
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What are the types of stem cuttings and how do they differ?
• Hardwood cuttings - used to propagate evergreens and deciduous plants with woody stems during the winter when the plant is dormant
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How are roots used to propagate plants?
Root cuttings are similar to stem cuttings, except that a root cutting uses the root or part of the root to propagate a new plant- most difficult method of
asexual propagation
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What environmental factors affect the rooting of cuttings?
• Plants are very individual and each seems to have a preferred method of propagation.– they have a preference for the type of medium,
amount of moisture, and temperature for the rooting of their cuttings
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Environmental factors: medium, moisture, and temperature
Review:
• What are the reasons for propagating plants asexually?
• What are leaf and leaf-bud cuttings and how are they used to produce a new plant?
• What are the types of stem cuttings and how do they differ?
• How are roots used to propagate plants?• What environmental factors affect the rooting of
cuttings?