Q.Differentiate grafting and layering.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Grafting fuses parts of two different plants into a single composite plant; layering roots a stem that is still attached to its own parent, producing a clone of one plant, detached only after it has already rooted.
Grafting
Grafting is a method of vegetative propagation in which a scion (a shoot/twig bearing the desired variety's buds) taken from one plant is joined onto the stock (the rooted lower portion, providing the root system) of a DIFFERENT, but compatible, plant, usually of the same or a closely related species. The cut surfaces of scion and stock are aligned so their vascular cambium layers touch, then bound and sealed; over time, the tissues fuse and grow together into a single plant that combines the desirable fruiting/flowering qualities of the scion with the vigorous or disease-resistant root system of the stock. The resulting plant is thus genetically a chimeric combination of TWO different individuals (e.g. commercial mango and rose varieties are commonly propagated by grafting).
Layering …
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