Artificial Asexual Reproduction

There are four major artificial asexual reproduction procedures can be done by human interference as mentioned below.

Cutting

In this artificial asexual reproduction, a plant is cut along with its node and plant in the soil.In this process any part of the tree like stem, leaf and root can play the role of the parent. The environment should be moist and warm to complete this process. It is the cheapest process to perform artificial asexual reproduction. Regular watering is a must for this.

Grafting

It is an horticultural art of connecting two living plant tissue. In the process of grafting, we can join two different plants. After the process, these two trees will grow as a single plant. For the grafting we need to take a rooted plant that is known as stock and, another plant is the graft.

Layering

In the layering process, the stem will attach to a plant that is comparatively near to the ground and cover the joint with soil. It is an artificial vegetative propagation where the stem of a tree blended with the soil. The stem grows roots. After that, it will detach from the parent tree and grow as an independent plant.

Micropropagation or Tissue Culture

This process can be done under laboratory conditions for a short period only. In micropropagation, so many plants can be created from an ex-plant. This process promotes the growth rate of the endangered species. The process is also known as tissue culture, as it brought up the small pieces of the plant cells into a new plant.

Asexual Reproduction in Plants involves using vegetative parts of a plant and causing them to regenerate into a new plant.  The new plant produced is genetically identical to the parent plant. Some common types of asexual reproduction in plants include vegetative propagation, budding, fragmentation, and Apomixis. It ensures rapid propagation and genetic uniformity.

However, the plant so produced is vulnerable to diseases and changes in the environment as it has limited genetic diversity. In this article, we will study Asexual Reproduction, Types of Asexual Reproduction, Natural and Artificial Asexual Reproduction along its Advantages and Disadvantages.