PLANT PROPAGATION

I YEAR VHSE
GVHSS, VITHURA

PLANT PROPAGATION
CUTTINGS
Plantcutting, is a technique
forvegetatively
(asexually)propagating
plantsin which a piece of the
stem or root of the source
plant is placed in a suitable
medium such as
moistsoil,potting
mix,coirorrock wool. The
cutting produces
newroots,stems, or both,
and thus becomes a new plant
independent of the parent.
Types of cuttings
Stem cuttings,
Root cuttings,
Eye cuttings (pieces of
foliated or defoliated stalks
with one or more eyes)

CUTTINGS
SOFTWOOD CUTTING

CUTTINGS
Herbaceous cutting

Coleus

CUTTINGS
Hardwood cutting

CUTTINGS
Leaf cutting

LAYERING
AIR LAYERING /
MARCOTTAGE / GOOTTEE

LAYERING-Air layering

LAYERING
SIMPLE LAYERING

LAYERING
SERPENTINE / COMPOUND
LAYERING

Tip layering

LAYERING
Mound layering/ stooling

Mound layering

APPROACH GRAFTING

APPROACH GRAFTING

INARCHING

SPLICE GRAFTING

CLEFT GRAFTING

WHIP AND TONGUE

GRAFTING

BRIDGE GRAFTING

SIDE VENEER GRAFTING

SADDLE GRAFTING

EPICOTYL GRAFTING

WEDGE GRAFTING

grafting
Bark grafting to repair
damaged part

BUDDING
Budding is a grafting
technique in which a
single bud from the
desired scion is used
rather than an entire
scion containing many
buds.

AXILLARY BUD

BUDDING- T budding

BUDDING- T budding

PATCH BUDDING

CHIP BUDDING

RING BUDDING

BUDDING
FLUTE BUDDING

T-BUDDING