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Asexual Reproductio
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Stem cuttings | The production of a new plant by the removal of a portion of stem from an existing plant, preparing it, and fostering its production of roots. |
| Leaf cuttings | The production of a new plant by the use of an existing plant's leaf, preparing it, and fostering its production of roots. |
| Root cuttings | The selecting, and cutting of a section of root from an existing plant to produce a new independent plant. |
| Layering | The production of a new plant by partially cutting and burying a section of an existing plant so that new roots will be produced. |
| Separation | The removal of corms, or bulblets from a parent plant, and the subsequent production of another plant. |
| Division | The removal of new shoots with some of the existing shoot's roots in order to produce a new plant. |
| Grafting | The severing of a branch from one plant, and joining it with the cambium of another plant in order to have the qualities of both plants on a single plant. |
| Rooting compound | An artificially produced auxin (plant hormone) which promotes root growth on new cuttings. |
| Scion | A section of a plant which is used to join to another plant when performing a graft. |
| Root stock | The portion of the pre-existing plant to which the scion is joined. |