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1 Tubers & Plant Propagation
Elisabeth Grondin

2 Tuber Definition A much thickened underground part of a stem or rhizome, e.g., in the potato, serving as a food reserve and bearing buds from which new plants arise. (Oxford Dictionary) Tubers are various types of modified plant structures that are enlarged to store nutrients. They are used by plants to survive the winter or dry months, to provide energy and nutrients for regrowth during the next growing season, and as a means of asexual reproduction.[1] There are both stem and root tubers. (Wikipedia)

3 What are characteristics of tubers?
Tuber is part of the plant that saves energy for later Many are edible Reproduces asexually (new tuber can be derived from the parent tuber) Carbohydrates Rhizome (from Ancient Greek: rhízōma "mass of roots",[1] from rhizóō "cause to strike root")[2] is a modified subterranean stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes. (Wikipedia)

4 Tubers

5 Plant Propagation Reproduce by natural processes OR
Breed specimens of (a plant, animal, etc.) by natural processes from the parent stock: (Oxford Dictionary) Plant propagation is the process of creating new plants from a variety of sources: seeds, cuttings, bulbs and other plant parts. Plant propagation can also refer to the artificial or natural dispersal of plants. (Wikipedia)

6 Plant Propagation Characteristics
Seeds and Spores (sexual reproduction) Graphing, bulbs, tubers, cuttings (asexual reproduction) Tools for propagation includes greenhouses and heated mats

7 Plant Propagations Bulbs

8 Plant Propagation Seeds and Spores

9 Plant Propagation Tubers

10 Plant Propagation Grafts and Cuttings


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