Question

Differentiate between cutting and grafting.

Answer 1

Hint: Plants use their leaves, roots, and stems for vegetative propagation, which is an asexual way of reproduction. This can happen as a result of plant fragmentation and regeneration of certain vegetative components. Humans use this method of vegetative reproduction in the fields and laboratories. Cutting, layering, grafting, and tissue culture are the most frequent types of artificial vegetative reproduction.

Complete answer:
Only one plant is involved in cutting. When a stem is cut and put in damp soil, it might grow into new plants. It is necessary to have a primary meristem.
Grafting involves the joining of two or more plants. Grafting is the process of uniting the components of two separate plants so that they grow together as a single plant. It is not necessary to have a main meristem.

Cutting:
1. A section of the stem, root, or leaf is used to create a new plant in this type of vegetative propagation.
2. The new plant is identical to the parent plant, with no differences.
3. Stem cutting is used to propagate roses, cacti, and sugarcane. Root cuttings are used to propagate lemon, tamarind, and other citrus fruits.

Grafting
1. It is a method of vegetative propagation in which parts of two different plants are joined and grown to produce a new plant, i.e., the stem part of one plant (scion) is joined to the stem part of another plant (scion) to produce a new plant.
2. The new plant differs from the parent plants in appearance.
3. Apple, mango, rose, and other plants are grafted to create new varieties.

Note:-
A cutting is a short shoot or branch of a plant that has been removed from the plant and placed in water, soil, or planting medium to root and grow into a new plant. Layering is the process of bending and pegging a living stem's shoot to the soil. While still linked to the parent plant, the shoot takes root.