what is grafting and cutting
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Answer:
Cutting is removing a portion of the stem and fixing it in the soil to allow the growth of roots and buds growing into shoots. While Grafting is joining a part of a living plant to another causing it to grow as a part of the second plant.
Explanation:
Grafting: It is the art of joining parts of different plants and growing them as a single plant. It is usually practiced in dicot plants. Mono cot do not have cambium. So grafting is not practiced in them.
The rooted supporting plant in a graft is called the stock. The upper joined portion of the graft is called scion. There are various methods of grafting (Tongue grafting, approach grafting, cleft grafting, wedge grafting, notch grafting and bark grafting). Grafting usually practiced in apple , pear, mango, guava, citrus , and mango.
Cutting:-It is a technique of vegetative propagation in which a pat of stem, root or leaf cuttings can be used. The separated portions of the organs of the parent are called cuttings.
Stem cuttings are most commonly used. Leaf cuttings are used in horticultural plants(Begonia). Root cuttings are used for vegetative propagation in sweet potato, bread fruit tree etc.