When the branches of a plant growing in the field are pulled towards the ground and a part of them is covered with moist soil (leaving the tips of the branches exposed above the ground), then after some time new roots develop from the parts of branches buried in the soil. On cutting these branches from the parent plant, new plants are produced from the cut parts of branches which had developed roots.(a) What is this method of propagation of plants known as?
(b) What type of branches should a plant have to be able to be propagated by this method?
(c) Name any two plants which are grown for their flowers and propagated by this method.
(d) Name any two plants which are grown for their fruits and propagated by this method
(e) Name one plant which gets propagated by this method naturally by forming runners(soft horizontal stems running above the ground).

(a) Layering is an artificial propagation method of plants in which plant portion of the above-ground stem is pulled towards the ground.

Some part of it is covered with moist soil in such a way that tip of the branch remains exposed above the ground. As new roots start developing from the part of the branch buried under the soil, the branch is detached to live as an independent plant. 

(b) A plant propagated by layering method should have soft horizontal branches and remain at the bottom of the plant.

(c) China rose and Jasmine are the flowering plants that are propagated using the layering method.

(d) Guava, lemon and mint are the fruits plants that are propagated using the layering method.

(e) Strawberry is the plant that gets propagated by this method naturally by forming runners(soft horizontal stems running above the ground).

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Updated on: 23-Mar-2023

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