Asexual Propagation

MELBA L. RAGA-AS
FRANCIS R. RAGA-AS
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Environmental Science
Aklan State University
Banga, Aklan

Sexual Propagation

Plant propagation using

seeds

Asexual Propagation
propagation
Another name is vegetative
ability of plants to reproduce without sexual
reproduction, by producing new plants from
existing vegetative structures.
Vegetative parts roots, stems,
and leaves, to
increase the number of plants of the same kind.

Vegetative parts used can be:

Those severed from the mother plants

Those still attached to the mother plants
Those attached or united to another rooted
plants

Reasons
for
propagation

using

vegetative

1. Resulting plant possesses the same

characteristics as the mother
2. Allows reproduction of plants where
seed propagation is impossible or
difficult (plants produce no seeds or
fruits with seeds do not take or take
a long time to germinate.
3. Vegetative method is more
efficient, convenient and practical
( ornamentals)
4. Vegetatively propagated
horticultural trees are smaller and

Forms of vegetative propagation

Separation is propagation using naturally detachable

organs.
Specialized organs used for propagation by
separation such as runner, slip, sucker, crown, bulb,
plantlet, corm, rhizome and tuberous roots.

Forms of vegetative propagation

Division is a method of asexual propagation wherein

specialized or modified stems and roots are cut
into pieces or sections with at least one bud or eye
per section.
Examples: Ginger
Ube

Forms of vegetative propagation

Cuttage or use of cuttings is a vegetative propagation

involving regeneration of structural parts in detached
vegetative parts under favorable
environmental
conditions.
Example: root cuttings
leaf cuttings
stem cuttings

Citrus plantation, Sibalew,

Banga 2012

Forms of vegetative propagation

Layerage
- method use for plants which are
difficult to root, best rooted while still
attached to the parent plant.
- stem treatment consist of
interrupting
the
flow
of
the
photosynthates from the leaves
downward to be concentrated on the
portion of the stem where root
development is induced.
-successful for small number of
plant.
Calamansi Plantation,
Sibalew, Banga

Several kinds of layering

Several kinds such as simple layering, compound

layering, mound and marcotting or air-layering.
suitable for sturdy wood
Root development is induced by removal of a ring of
bark by scraping, 2-3 X the diameter of stem
Ring of bark removed include cambial
layer
Treated portion, then
enclosed by moist medium

Matured Zingcom plantat

3-year old Zingcon

Forms of vegetative propagation

Graftage is a propagation methods whereby

two plants are joined in such a manner that
they will unite and continue their growth as one
plant
scion - upper part of the combination, the
top of the new plant
rootstock/stock- power part , root system
If the scion is a stem, whether detached or
attached to the mother plant grafting
If the scion is a single bud with small section
of the bark- budding

Graftage

Procedure
involves placing in intimate contact both the
cambial regions of the scion and the stock in
order that they will unite and continue their
growth
Application
use when clones from other methods cannot
conveniently reproduced
best use method when scion needed
acclimatizing to certain area, combating soilborne diseases and stock tolerant to different
soil.

Types of grafting

grafting
or

Approach
inarching
selected
shoots of the desirable plant
are grafted with the stem of
the
stocks
grown
in
individual container while
the
scions
are
still
connected to the mother
plant .

Types

Splice grafting
detached scion is leafless,
usually with terminal bud
or well developed dormant
leaf buds.
-length of cut is
proportional to the size of
the stock and the scion

Types

Cleft grafting detached scion is directly grafted on top of

the stock as in splice grafting.
scion and stock should be equal in diameter
basal end of the scion is cut into long, gradually tapering
perfect wedge. Top of the stock is gradually cut above the
part where union is to occur.
vertical split is made in the center of the stock deep
enough to hold the wedge.
the wedge of scion is then inserted in the split
cut surface should be fitted together with their cambiums
contact
Stock and scion are bound tightly by grafting tape /strip
of polyethylene film

Cleft grafting

A
Fig. A. cut stock and scion being joined together
scion

B
Fig. B. wrapping the

Types

basal

Side grafting
portion of a detached
A
scion is joined at the
side of the trunk of the
stock ( when diameter of
the stock is much bigger
than that of the scion)
sloping cut is made on
the basal portion of
B
the scion.
Fig. A. Stock and scion with matching
cuts Fig. B. Tying stock and scion

Types

Bark grafting useful in

grafting a detached scion
on a stumped stock whose
stem is much larger than
that of the scion.
one or more scions can
be inserted in one stock
depending on the size of
the trunk.

Stumped
stock

Types

Budding/bud grafting used instead of grafting

if one wants to economize in the use of scion
materials, since each bud is a potential new plant.
-limited to a stock with small-sized trunk or
stem
- method and kind of budding used depends on
the kind and condition of the plants or whether or
not the bark of their stems can be easily be
separated from their wood.

Types

Shield or T-budding made on actively

developing stem whose bark can be readily
separated from the wood.
- bud and a section of the bark with or without
wood is shaped like a shield
- cut shaped either like a T or inverted T is made
on the bark of the stock where union is desired to
occur.
- shield bud with the exposed eye of the bud is
then inserted.

Shield or T budding

Making T or
inverted T
cut

Cut rectangular
patch

Types

Patch budding used in

species having a thick bark
which can be separated
easily from the wood.
rectangular patch of bark is
removed completely from
the stock and is replaced
with a patch of bark of the
same size containing a bud
of the desired variety being
propagated.
new placed
patch of bark with bud

Types

Chip budding- used where the bark of the stem

adheres closely to its wood, which may occur
naturally to some species or arising from growing
conditions.
- chip or piece of bark and wood are removed or
cut off from the side of the trunk of the stock and
replaced with a chip or piece of bark and wood
having the same size containing a dormant leaf
bud of the variety being propagated.

Chip of bark and wood with

bud

Chip budding

THANK YOU!

We are now ready for the

demonstration!