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    Plant propagation is the art and science of multiplying plants through both sexual means like seeds and asexual means such as rooting cuttings, layering, grafting, and tissue culture. Asexual propagation uses vegetative reproduction methods that don't involve seeds for clonal propagation. One such method is air-layering, which allows propagating fruit trees from an existing tree so they will fruit sooner and taste the same, using tools like a sharp knife, thick cotton thread, clean plastic sheet, and pruning shears or hack saw blade.

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    Plant propagation is the art and science of multiplying plants through both sexual means like seeds and asexual means such as rooting cuttings, layering, grafting, and tissue culture. Asexual propagation uses vegetative reproduction methods that don't involve seeds for clonal propagation. One such method is air-layering, which allows propagating fruit trees from an existing tree so they will fruit sooner and taste the same, using tools like a sharp knife, thick cotton thread, clean plastic sheet, and pruning shears or hack saw blade.

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    Marcotting - Plant Propagation

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    Kyle Faminial
    Plant propagation is the art and science of multiplying plants through both sexual means like seeds and asexual means such as rooting cuttings, layering, grafting, and tissue culture. Asexual propagation uses vegetative reproduction methods that don't involve seeds for clonal propagation. One such method is air-layering, which allows propagating fruit trees from an existing tree so they will fruit sooner and taste the same, using tools like a sharp knife, thick cotton thread, clean plastic sheet, and pruning shears or hack saw blade.

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    Plant Propagation

    Plant propagation...
    “the art and science of multiplying plants by sexual or asexual means.”

    Sexual methods - seed propagation


    Asexual methods
    - rooting cuttings
    - layering; air layering
    - grafting
    - specialized structures
    - tissue culture; micropropagation
    Asexual propagation...
    “vegetative reproduction, i.e., multiplication
    that does not involve the seed cycle - clonal
    propagation.”
    Propagation of fruit bearing Trees by Air-
    Layering

    Air-Layering is one method of


    propagating a fruit tree from an existing
    one, which will bear fruit sooner, and the
    fruits will taste same as the mother plant
    Tools and Equipment required
    - The following tools and
    materials are required to do
    air-layering

    1. A sharp knife
    2. Thick cotton thread
    3. Clean plastic sheet
    4. Hack saw blade or
    pruning shears
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