lesson 10 unit 4 A
"And they also, if they abide not still in , shall be in: for God is able to them in again. For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree." Romans 11:23-24
unbelief grafted graft
A successful scion will produce the product of the rootstock with greater quality.
False
An advantage of grafting is to increase the quality of the rootstock.
False
scion
The portion of a plant with buds, that is placed into the stock by grafting or budding.
root stock
The portion of a plant with the root system used in grafting.
layering
The technique of developing roots on a stem of a plant while that stem is still attached to the parent plant. After a new root system is established the new plant is cut away from the parent plant and planted.
Grafting is an ancient practice.
True
A successful cutting requires that the new plant acquire its own .
root
The part of a desired plant inserted into rootstock during grafting is called the .
scion
(Select all that apply.) Cuttings used for growing plants may be taken from which of the following?
stems roots leaves
root cutting
A cutting made from the root of a plant which develops adventitious buds and grows into a new plant.
leaf cutting
A technique in horticulture using a cutting made from a leaf or leaf tissue to grow a new plant.
A root which develops from stem or leaf tissue instead of root tissue is said to be .
adventitious
stem cutting
A cutting of stem tissue used to grow a new plant.
budding
A kind of asexual reproduction involving the growth of a new individual from part of an older organism. It can also refer to uneven distribution of cells that results in one cell receiving most of cell contents. In grafting, budding involves reducing the scion to a singular bud.
grafting
A technique used in horticulture in which a part of the stem or a bud is inserted into a plant with a good root system. The inserted portion of the stem or the bud then becomes the top part of the plant, and it uses the root system it was grafted into.
The new plant produced by the technique of layering must remain attached to the stem of the original plant.
False
If you develop a particular flower which cannot be reproduced from seeds, it could be preserved by grafting.
True