WAYS OF PROPAGATING

PLANT/TREES, AND ITS

IMPORTANCE
MEMBERS
WHAT IS
PROPAGATION?

It is the process of
reproducing or creating a
new plant or seedling.
Ways of propagating plants and trees
 Types of Propagation
Sexual Asexual

Where the plants are Involves taking a part of

pollinated, produce seeds one parent plant and
which germinate into new causing it to regenerate
plants. itself into a new plant.
Asexual Propagation
Different Methods:

Cutting
Layering
Budding
Grafting
Marcotting
Cutting
A piece of the stem or root
of the source plant is
placed in a suitable
medium such as moist
soil.
Layering
Is a method in which a
branch of the plant is
covered with some
material and supplied
water to produce roots.
Budding
Is inserting a single bud from a
desirable plant into an opening
in the bark of a compatible
rootstock to create an
advantageous variety (cultivar)
and rootstock combination.
Grafting
Is a union of scion
stems over the stock
plant.
Morcotting
Is a way of getting
clones of woody
plants that are often
difficult to root from
cuttings.
Importance of Propagating plants and trees
Enables the continuation of a particular
plant species that may be in danger of
extinction for several reasons such as
an invasion of species or climate
changes.
For home gardeners it is a way of
ensuring that you will always have your
fovorite flowers or plants growing in
your garden.
It improves the characteristics and
quality of the plants.
Source of food and medicine.
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