DENDROLOGY

TREE PROPAGATION AND PLANTING

PLANTING TECHNIQUES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
It is done by growing roots from a stem of a plant that is still attached to the parent plant.
A
Cutting
B
Layering
C
Grafting
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Air layering involves a stem being layered above ground. The plant produces roots on the layered stem while it is still attached to the parent plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Simple layering is one of the easiest methods of propagating new plants. Unlike cuttings, which have to survive on their own, layered shoots are encouraged to form roots while still attached to the parent plant. Layering is a technique to propagate plants.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stem cutting is a vegetative propagation method in which a small portion of the plant’s stem is used to grow a new plant. The cut stem is planted in the moist soil where it can first develop roots and then into a new plant.

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