Vegetative Propagation Flashcards

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Vegetative propagation

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Asexual reproduction

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Natural vegetative propagation

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Forming new plants from a stem,root, leaf or bud

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Methods of natural vegetative propagation

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Runners, root, leaf, buds

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4
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Eg of runners

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Strawberries

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5
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Eg root

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Sweet potato

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Eg leaf

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Cactus

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Eg of buds

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Onion

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Methods of artificial propagation

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Cuttings, grafting, layering, micropropagation

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A cutting

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A portion of a plant that is removed from the parent plant and grown into a new independent plant

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Grafting

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The joining and uniting of part of one plant with a second plant

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Layering

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The growth of a new plant from a stem
That is still attached to the parent plant

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Micropropagation

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The growth of plants from small pieces of tissue under sterile conditions on a specially selected medium

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