HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOLOGY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Lower branches are bent and buried under the soil, and the tip is kept above the soil.
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Stems are cut and planted into the soil.
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Two different plants are joined at the stem with a cloth.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct option is A True. Air layering: Air layering is an artificial vegetative propagation method used to propagate plants like raspberry, jasmine, lemon, apple, etc.
Detailed explanation-2: -French Layering Method A type of stooling that produces several plants per stem. After hard pruning in the early spring, the shoots are allowed to grow for a year. The next spring, trim off the growing tip, bend the shoots horizontally, peg them to the soil and bury them.
Detailed explanation-3: -Layering In this technique, the attached and bent branch of the plant is covered with soil and allowed to root. After the emergence and development of roots that specific part of the plant is cut and allowed to grow as a new plant. This is called ‘layering’.
Detailed explanation-4: -Layering is a method of asexual propagation in which a stem is made to produce roots while still attached to the parent plant. The parent plant provides the new plant with water and nutrients while the roots are forming. Layering can be used for plants that are difficult to propagate using other methods.
Detailed explanation-5: -: 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.