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notis

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What part of the plant is used to propagate a plant by tissue culture?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Describe the nine key steps in taking softwood or semihardwood cuttings.
 
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Answer to Question 1

The buds or stem tips of a plant are used when propagating a plant by tissue culture

Answer to Question 2

The nine key steps in taking softwood or semihardwood cuttings are:1.
Collect the cutting wood of proper maturity from a selected parent plant.
2. Label the cutting wood.
3. Fill the propagating container with moist rooting medium.
4. Make the cutting.
5. Treat the cutting with rooting hormone.
6. Insert the cutting in the rooting medium.
7. Firm the medium around the cutting.
8. Insert the label in the rooting container.
9. Control the atmosphere around the cuttings by covering with plastic or placing under
a mist system.





notis

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Reply 2 on: Jul 21, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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