Vegetative Propagation

Natural Methods
Epiphyllous Buds

Bryophyllum
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Bryophyllum
daigremontianum
Cytokinins
accumulate in
notches stimulate
shoot development
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Scaly Bulb

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Scales are leaf bases.

Basal plate is stem.
Roots are adventitious.
Lateral buds in axis make bulbils.
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 Scaly Bulbs

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In garlic bulbs, the lateral

buds become bulbils called
“cloves” of garlic.

http://trc.ucdavis.edu/egsutter/plb171/VisualMaterial/largePhotoSStruc/BulbsPic/bulb-tun-onion64lable.jpg
 Corms: Just the basal plate Crocus and Gladiolus

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Lateral buds develop into cormels

http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/161003/Crocus%20sativus%20corm%20and%20stigma.jpg
Tuber at end of rhizome (underground stem)

Tuber swells as a storage organ.

The apical bud and lateral buds
are “eyes.”
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Potato, Helianthus tuberosus

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 Stolons: Spider Plant and
Strawberry

http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/generalbota
ny/images/typesofshoots/stolon/Fragariastolons2.jpg

Leafless overground branch

develops crown which arches to
soil, roots, and becomes
independent.
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/image/chlorophytum.jpg
Tip layer Black Raspberry and Forsythia

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 Tip Layer

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Leafy shoot tip arches to soil, takes
root, and becomes independent
plant.
Bramble describes this behavior.

http://pearl.agcomm.okstate.edu/hort/fruits/fruits_images/f6215f3.jpg
Root sprouts Red Raspberry and Rose, many others!

Roots growing
from original plant
near soil surface,
accumulate
cytokinins, make
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Results in “thicket”

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Vegetative Propagation

Artificial Methods
 Leaf-petiole Cutting African violet
Jade plant
Kalanchoe
1. IAA produced
Pepperomia

Blade
7. Shoot
Petiole formed

3. Callus
develops 4. Roots
form 5. CK
produced
 Stem Cutting Plectranthus
and many more!
1. IAA produced
IAA IAA
2. IAA transported
3. Callus develops
IAA IAA
4. Roots form
5. Sell sooner!
Tip Layer 1. Bend stem to soil
Yes, it is both a natural
2. Wound bark on lower side
and an artificial method!
3. Apply rooting powder
4. Bury in moist soil
5. Anchor to ground
6. Wait and separate!

IAA
What if the plant you want to clone is a special maple tree that
turns wonderful combinations of green, yellow, orange, and
red in the fall. The lowest branch is many feet above the soil
making a tip-layer impossible. Leaf and stem cuttings fail but
you think a tip-layer might work if only the tree were not so
tall. How do you solve this dilemma?
If the cutting is Mohammad, and you cannot bring Mohammad
to the mountain, you should…

…bring the mountain to Mohammad! Air Layer!

We will work this example on the whiteboard together in class!