ASEXUAL PROPAGATION

BY CUTTING
PLANT PROPAGATION BY CUTTING

• This is a method of propagation in which the stem or the stalk of

the plant to be propagated is cut into desired lengths and allowed
to root into the soil with the proper moisture and warmth. This is
best done in the nursery where the direct sunlight can be
regulated. Not all plants can be propagated by cutting.
PLANT PROPAGATION BY CUTTING

• Plants that are usually propagated by cutting are those plants with nodes
and internodes such as sugarcane, cassava, sweet potato, bamboo, and,
other plants whose stems have active lateral Buds or terminal Buds, and
are capable of developing adventitious roots such as gumamela, santan,
malungay, ect. There are also species of plants that are reproduced by
leaf-cutting, plants whose leaves are capable of developing roots and set
of new shoots such as African violet, begonia rex, sanseveria.
PLANT PROPAGATION BY CUTTING

• There are also species of plants that are reproduced by leaf-cutting,

plants whose leaves are capable of developing roots and set of new
shoots such as African violet, begonia rex, sanseveria.
PLANT PROPAGATION BY CUTTING

• Propagation by cutting has been in used for thousand of years.

But it is not as simple as that may suggest. One needs to follow a
certain guidelines. The knife to use in making cutting must be
sharp to produce a clean cut.
 ENSURING A GOOD AND A HEALTHY
CUTTINGS
1. Select the best and a healthy mother plants:
Vegetative parts to be used in propagation must be healthy.
The parent plant must be of a desirable variety, productive, and
noted of a good quality of fruits.
Most of all, the parent plant must be resistant to pest and
diseases.
 ENSURING A GOOD AND A HEALTHY
CUTTINGS
2. Use the proper cutting tools:
• The tools to be used in cutting must be sharp and clean tools
such as:
 ENSURING A GOOD AND A HEALTHY
CUTTINGS
2. Use the proper cutting tools:
• bolo
• knife,
• scissors
• and other tools that can be used in performing the operation.
 ENSURING A GOOD AND A HEALTHY
CUTTINGS

3. Make a clean Cut

• Dull knife produce dull cuts which do not heal easily. This
predispose plant to infection. The roots are also few and scanty
because rooting starts at the area where the bark has been damaged.
 ENSURING A GOOD AND A HEALTHY
CUTTINGS

3. Make a clean Cut

• When the cut is not clean because the knife is dull, healing is slow
and the cell responsible for the development of the roots are
damaged. This results to slow formation adventitious roots and
unhealthy plant growth.
CONSIDERATIONS DURING CUTTING THE
PLANTING MATERIALS:

• Cuttings from plants with nodes and internodes must bear at least
3 active buds. For sugarcane, there must be at least 3 “eyes” to a
cutting.
• Cutting from trees like lanzones, santol must also bear with
several active lateral buds. After cutting, you can use root
hormone to induce rapid root growth and stimulates growth of
the buds.
CONSIDERATIONS DURING CUTTING THE
PLANTING MATERIALS:

• These nodes and buds must be considered in cutting because

these will give rise to the new roots and shoots.
TAKING CARE OF THE CUTTINGS:

• To ensure success in producing growth on cuttings, the

propagules should be planted seed boxes or seedling bags placed
under a protective structure to protect it from the direct heat of
the sun. to prevent cutting from dehydration, it must be sprinkled
with water regularly to keep cutting wet and the soil moist.
TAKING CARE OF THE CUTTINGS:

• Apply fertilizers to induce the cuttings to grow fast. There are

many types of fertilizers. Some are in a form of liquid and some
are in granules that applied to the cutting by mixing it with the
irrigation water or by spraying it on the plants. But the best
fertilizer to be used for young cuttings is the foliar fertilizer
which is sprayed directly on the leaves of the growing cuttings.
TRANSFERRING THE CUTTINGS TO THE FIELD:

• When the cuttings are about 6 months old and have enough
leaves, these are balled one by one and transplant to the prepared
field where they can grow into a normal plants.
 VOCABULARY:

• Propagation- the process of growing or increasing its number by sexual or asexual

reproduction.
• Nodes- a part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge
• Internode- a part of a plant stem between the two nodes
• Lateral bud- a bud that develops between petiole and stem
• Terminal bud- bud that grows at the tip of the plant which will develop into new leave
• Adventitious roots- roots that did not originate from the radicle.
 ASSESSMENT:
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. What is propagation by Cutting?

2. How to ensure a good and a healthy cuttings?
3. Why must we consider the nodes and buds of the plant to be
propagated by cutting?
4. How to take care of our cutting?
HOW TO PERFORM
ASEXUAL
PROPAGATION BY
CUTTING?