Q.Explain the conventional methods adopted in vegetative propagation of higher plants.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Step 1. Cutting is the method of producing a new plant by severing a plant part - root (Malus), stem (Hibiscus, Bougainvillea, Moringa) or leaf (Begonia, Bryophyllum) - from the parent and placing it in a suitable medium, where it produces roots and grows into a new plant; stem cutting is the most widely used form.
Step 2. Grafting joins parts of two different plants, the rooted stock and the scion joined onto it, so they continue to grow as one plant (Citrus, Mango, Apple); it takes five recognised forms - bud grafting (a scion bud inserted under a T-shaped incision in the stock's bark), approach grafting (both partners stay rooted while cut surfaces are tied together), tongue grafting (matching oblique cuts fitted together), crown grafting (wedge-shaped scions inserted into a large stock's slits) and wedge grafting (a scion twig bound into a slit cut in the stock). …
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