Chapter 15 Plant Propagation

Asexual Reproduction• Cuttings• Grafting• Budding• Layering• Division• Rhizomes• Stolons• Tillers or Suckers

Cuttings

• Stem Cuttings• Tip Cuttings• Medial

Cuttings• Cane Cuttings• Single Eye• Double Eye• Heel Cutting

• Leaf Cutting• Whole Leaf with

Petiole• Whole Leaf

without Petiole• Split Vein• Leaf Section• Root Cutting

Types of Cuttings

Types of leaf cuttings

Leaf bud cutting

Grafting & Budding

• Grafting– Scion– Bud Union– Rootstock

Types of grafts

• Whip• Bark• Cleft• T-Budding• Patch-budding

Whip graft

Cleft graft

Budding

• Patch Budding• Chip Budding• T-Budding

Chip Budding

T-Budding

Layering

• Tip Layering• Simple Layering• Mound layering• Air Layering

Tip

Simple Layering

Compound Layering

Mound Layering

Air Layering

Other Natural Propagation Methods

• Runners• Suckers• Crowns

Stolons and runners

Propagation using Specialized stems

• Bulbs• Corms• Tubers• Tuberous roots• Rhizomes

Corms

Tubers

Rhizomes

Micro propagation

• Tissue Culture