Plant Cloning

Question 1

What two methods of plant cloning is there?

Answer 1

Cuttings

Tissue culture

Question 2

Explain the process of cuttings to clone plants

Answer 2

Remove small section of plant
Plant it in the group
New roots and shoot will form

Question 3

What can help the process of cuttings

Answer 3

Rooting powders and moisture

Question 4

What is an advantage of cuttings

Answer 4

Quick

Cheap

Question 5

What characteristics will the new plant have?

Answer 5

Genetically identical to the plant the cutting was taken from

Question 6

What is cuttings used for?

Answer 6

Used commercially for orchids and fruit trees

Question 7

What is an advantage of tissue culture?

Answer 7

Allows thousands of new plants to be grown from tiny piece of plant

Question 8

What is a disadvantage of tissue culture?

Answer 8

Expensive

Question 9

Explain to process of tissue culture

Answer 9

Scrape the leaf with a scalpel
Put the scrapings in agar jelly
Add plant hormones to make a small group of cells to produce a big mass of identical plant cells