Practical applications in plants

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.

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.

leaf cutting

A technique in horticulture using a cutting made from a leaf or leaf tissue to grow a new plant.

root cutting

A cutting made from the root of a plant which develops adventitious buds and grows into a new plant.

root stock

The portion of a plant with the root system used in grafting.

scion

The portion of a plant with buds, that is placed into the stock by grafting or budding.

stem cutting

A cutting of stem tissue used to grow a new plant.