1. Asexual Reproduction in Plants
Lorie Kempen

2. Asexual Reproduction little genetic variation
has genes identical to its parent’s

3. Advantages of Asexual Reproduction
identical plants
saves time
saves money

4. Types of Asexual Reproduction
Vegetative reproduction
Vegetative propagation

5. Vegetative Reproduction
The growth of a new plant from a stem, leaf, or root (something other than a seed).

6. Vegetative Propagation
Man’s use of vegetative reproduction to grow a new plant from a root, stem, or leaf.

7. Types of Vegetative Propagation that are induced
cuttings (or slip)
layering
grafting

8. Cuttings (or slip)
A piece of a stem, leaf, or root which is capable of growing into a new plant. By using a rooting medium

9. Cuttings (or slip)
Cuttings are possible because certain types of plants are able to sprout special types of roots at the cut end of their stems. Adventitious roots – Oldest Method
When a yellow-flowering hedge shrub is trimmed, a new shrub may be started by simply sticking a trimmed stem into the ground.

10. Layering
A branch is exposed to the soil, allowed to form roots, and then separated from the parent plant.
Vineyards use this method to quickly reproduce a desirable variety of grapes.

11. Layering – Inserting a single bud into an incision beneath the bark of the stock

12. Layering

13. Grafting
The process of transplanting living tissue from one plant to another. Joining together the Cambium layers of the Scion
Used to propagate seedless plants: grapes, navel oranges

14. Image result for what is the scion in grafting
Grafting and budding are horticultural techniques used to join parts from two or more plants so that they appear to grow as a single plant. In grafting, the upper part (scion) of one plant grows on the root system (rootstock) of another plant. In the budding process, a bud is taken from one plant and grown on another.Jun 30, 2014

15. This tree was developed by the West family in New South Wales, Australia and the process involves grafting branches
Grafting
from compatible fruit trees onto one. The result is 4 different trees each with there own variety of fruit.

16. For example there is a stone fruit tree with apricots, peaches, plums, nectarines and peachcots; a citrus tree with oranges, mandarins, lemons, limes,
Grafting
tangellos, grapefruit; a multiple apple tree, and a pear tree.

17. Types of Vegetative Propagation that are natural
underground stolons (mints)
rhizomes (cattails)
corms (gladiolus)
bulbs (onion)
tubers (Irish potatoes)
runners (strawberries)

18. Underground Stolons

19. Underground Stolons
Example of St. Augustine Grass

20. Rhizomes

21. Rhizomes

22. Corms Example would be Gladiolus

23. Corms

24. Bulbs – Example of a Bulb is an Iris & Garlic and are divided

25. Bulbs
Flower Bud
Foliage Leaves
Bulb Scales
Basal
Plate
BULBLETS

26. Bulbs

27. Tubers

28. Tubers

29. Runners

30. Runners

31. Micro Propagation
Only takes a few cells and are grown in a lab situation