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Plant Propagation Techniques Overview

This document discusses various plant propagation methods including sexual propagation through seed formation and asexual propagation through vegetative reproduction techniques. It describes different asexual propagation methods such as division using stolons, runners, offsets, bulbs, corms and crowns. Other methods covered are layering using tip, simple, compound and mound techniques as well as air layering. The document also explains different types of cuttings including stem, tip, medial, cane, heel, leaf and root cuttings.

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Plant Propagation Techniques Overview

This document discusses various plant propagation methods including sexual propagation through seed formation and asexual propagation through vegetative reproduction techniques. It describes different asexual propagation methods such as division using stolons, runners, offsets, bulbs, corms and crowns. Other methods covered are layering using tip, simple, compound and mound techniques as well as air layering. The document also explains different types of cuttings including stem, tip, medial, cane, heel, leaf and root cuttings.

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RANI LAKSHMI BAI CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, JHANSI

PROPAGATI
ON
METHODS
SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:
Dr. PRIYANKA SHARMA SHALINI SHUKLA
Ag/063/17
PLANT PROPAGATION:
 Process of creating new plants
 Types: 1) sexual propagation 2) asexual propagation
 Sexual propagation: seed formation takes place only after pollination.
 Asexual propagation: also called as vegetative propagation.
Stolons & runners
Offsets

Division Bulbs
Corms
crowns

Tip
Asexual Simple
propagation Layering Compound
Mound
methods Air layering

Stem cuttings
Tip cuttings

Cuttings Medial cuttings


Cane cuttings
Leaf cutting
Root cuttings
DIVISION: STOLONS &
RUNNERS
 Stolon: horizontal, fleshy stem that can root, produces shoot
where it touches the medium
 Runner: slender stem that originates in a leaf axil & grows along
the ground
 E.g.: strawberry, spider plant
DIVISION: OFFSETS
 Plant with rosetted stem.
 Reproduce by forming new shoots at their base or in leaf axils.
 Separate new shoots from the parent plant after they have developed their
own root system.
 Eg: date palm, many cacti, haworthia, bromeliads, succulents
DIVISION: BULBS
 New bulbs form beside the originally planted bulb.
 Separate these bulb clumps every 3-5 years for largest blooms &
to increase bulb population.
 E.g.: tulip, hyacinth, amaryllis, lilies, narcissus
DIVISION: CORMS
 A large new corm forms on the top of the old corm
 Tiny cormels form around the large corm.
 Gently separate the new corm from old corm, dust fungicide & store in a
cool place until planting time.
 E.g.: crocus, gladiolus
DIVISION: CROWNS
 Plants with >1 rooted crown may be divided & are
planted separately.
 Dusted with fungicide before they are replanted.
 E.g.: snake plant, iris, prayer plant, day lilies
LAYERING: TIP
 Dig a hole 3-4inches deep.
 Insert the shoot tip & cover
it with soil.
 Tip grows downward first,
then bends sharply & grows
upward.
 Root form at the bend & the
recurved tip becomes a new
plant.
 E.g.: raspberries,
blackberries
LAYERING: SIMPLE
 Bend the stem to the ground.
 Cover part of it with soil,
leaving the last 6-12 inches
exposed.
 Bend the tip into a vertical
position & stake in place
(induce rooting).
 E.g.: forsythia, honey suckle,
spider plant, most vine type
plant (Philodendron, grape
ivy etc.)
LAYERING: COMPOUND
 For plants with flexible stems.
 Bend the stem to the rooting medium as for
simple layering, but alternately cover & expose
stem sections.
 E.g.: Pothos, heart leaf philodendron
LAYERING:
MOUND(STOOL)
 Cut the plant back to 1 inch above the
ground in the dormant season.
 Mound soil over the emerging shoots
in the spring to enhance their rooting.
 E.g.: gooseberries, apple rootstocks
LAYERING
: AIR
 To propagate some indoor
plant with thick stems, or to
rejuvenate them when they
become leggy.
 Slit the stem just below a
node.
 Surround it with sphagnum
moss & wrap it with plastic or
foil.
 When roots pervade the moss,
cut the plant off below the root
ball.
 E.g.: dieffenbachia, Ficus,
rubber plant, aralia, crotons
CUTTINGS:
STEM
 Mostly during summer &
fall,
 Woody plants: fall
 Herbaceous plants: spring
 At least one node should
be below the media surface.
CUTTING
S: TIP
 Detach a 2-6 inch
piece of stem,
including the terminal
bud.
 Make the cut just
below a node.
 Remove lower leaves
that would touch or be
below the medium.
CUTTINGS: MEDIAL(STEM-
SECTION)
 Make the cut just above a node, & second cut just below a node 2-
6 inches down the stem.
 Prepare & insert the cuttings as in tip cutting.
 Buds are always above leaves.
CUTTINGS: CANE
 Cut cane like stems into sections containing one or two eyes or
nodes.
CUTTINGS:
HEEL
 Uses stock material with
woody stems.
 Make a shield shape cut
about halfway through
the wood around a leaf &
axial bud.
 Insert the shield
horizontally into the
medium so that it is
completely covered.
 Remove any leaf blade
but keep a portion of the
petiole intact for ease in
handling this small
cutting.
CUTTINGS: LEAF
 Exclusively for a few
indoor plants.
 Leaves of most plants
will either produce a
few roots but no plant,
or just decay.
 Whole leaf with
petiole(African violet)
 Whole leaf without
petiole(donkey’s tail)
 Split vein- rex begonia
 Leaf sections- snake
plant, begonia
CUTTINGS:
ROOT
 Usually taken from 2-3 years
old plants during their dormant
season when they have large
carbohydrate supply.
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