Asexual Propagation

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Across
  1. 5. The removal of a complete strip of bark from a plant's stem
  2. 7. Wax A protective substance made to seal the wounds of newly grafted trees or shrubs.
  3. 9. This propagation method involves bringing soil to a part of the stem and wrapping it.
  4. 10. Original portion of a graft.
  5. 12. Newly attached portion of a graft.
  6. 14. Used when scion and rootstock are the SAME diameter
  7. 15. A mature plant is physically separated into multiple smaller, viable pieces.
  8. 16. Joins two plants together, rootstock and a scion, so they grow together as one single plant.
Down
  1. 1. Propagation method that uses a small piece of a parent plant's stem, root, or leaf
  2. 2. A tree repair technique.
  3. 3. Plant propagation technique for joining a smaller scion (cutting) to a larger rootstock.
  4. 4. The tree of 40 fruit collapses a whole orchard onto one tree, which ________ ________.
  5. 5. These fruits were saved from phylloxera by grafting french scions on american rootstock.
  6. 6. These fruits can be grafted to increase cold hardiness.
  7. 8. The _________ of both plants must be touching for a graft to take.
  8. 11. Using a single bud to graft a new section
  9. 13. Where the scion and stock join on a graft.
  10. 17. These fruits have been grafted to produce dwarf trees. Making them easier to harvest.