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Plant propagation
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LaMotte, Clifford E. Department of Botany, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Ford, Karen Grady Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.
Last reviewed:January 2021
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.524575
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The deliberate, directed reproduction of plants using plant cells, tissues, or organs. Plant propagation is the planned operation of creating new plants through natural or artificial means. In general, plant propagation can be accomplished by using seeds or spores (sexual propagation) or using vegetative cells, tissues, or organs (asexual propagation) [Fig. 1]. This article will focus on methods of asexual propagation, including traditional techniques as well as techniques that employ tissue cultures and protoplast cultures. See also: Botany; Plant; Plant cell; Plant reproduction
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