Plant Propagation Techniques

It is the process of protecting an endangered species of plant or animal outside its natural habitat.

Orchids can be propagated through multiple methods including dividing clumps with pseudobulbs, cuttings, and seed and tissue culture. Different orchid species and growing conditions determine which method works best. The use of multiple techniques allows for flexibility in commercial and amateur orchid cultivation.

The plants of family Liliaceae are grown by scaling. #

Bulbils are produced during scaling.

Nutrient requirement varies from species to species. Therefore, a basal medium is developed which contains inorganic salts and elements to which growth regulators are added depending upon the species.

Callus development starts at the multiplication stage.

Chlorine water acts as a surface steriliser.

Tissue culture medium is sterilised by autoclaving.

Corm is a swollen, and vertical underground stem. It is composed of a swollen base surrounded by scale leaves. For example, colocasia, gladiolus, etc.

Sucker is developed as a result of vegetative propagation in pineapple plant.

Water hyacinth shows vegetative propagation by offset.

The runner gets decayed once the new plant is established. However, offset does not show any such feature.

Some plants such as Bryophyllum and Begonia produce adventitious buds on their leaves and propagate vegatitively.

The process in which stock and scion are obliquely cut and bound until the cambia are fused is called whip grafting.