BOTANY

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PLANT PROPAGATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A plant propagation technique in which only the stem tip is buried.
A
Simple Layering
B
Compound Layering
C
Tip Layering
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Serpentine layering – Serpentine layering works for long, flexible branches. Push a portion of the stem underground and pin it. Weave the stem above the soil, then back down again. This method gives you two plants instead of just one.

Detailed explanation-2: -variants or less commonly tip layerage. : the propagation of plants by bending a stem to the ground and covering the tip with soil so that roots and new shoots may develop.

Detailed explanation-3: -Trench layering is the choice for those plants that have strong apical dominance and do not form many shoots after an initial cutback. A trench layer is initiated by placing new plants at an angle in the stool bed. Once new plants are established they are laid over and held in place with a wire or peg.

Detailed explanation-4: -In layering. For soil layering, lower stems are bent to the ground and covered with moist soil of good quality. For air layering, a branch is deeply slit and the wound is covered with a ball of earth or moss and kept moist until roots develop; the branch…

Detailed explanation-5: -Ground layering or mound layering is the typical propagation technique for the popular Malling-Merton series of clonal apple root stocks, in which the original plants are set in the ground with the stem nearly horizontal, which forces side buds to grow upward.

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