What is grafting in plants?
In crop farming or crop agriculture, grafting is most commonly referred to as an artificial, vegetative method of plant propagation.
However, as a technique or procedure, it has many other uses.
The term is also applied in animals and in humans as in skin grafting.
Pummelo (Citrus maxima), otherwise spelled pommelo and pomelo and also called in various countries as shaddock, pamplemoussier, jeruk besar, jeruk bali, jambua, limau betawi, limau bali, muli, som-o, ma-o, shouk-ton-oh, suha, lukban, kabugaw and buongon, is a popular fruit crop of the Orient.
It has the biggest fruit among the citrus species.
It is closely related, and its world production data is always associated, to the grapefruit (Citrus x paradisi), the only major citrus fruit that originated outside of Southeast Asia.
In Southeast Asia, pummelo is grown in home gardens, in mixed citrus orchards, and in pure pummelo orchards.
The Philippines classify it as a high-value cash crop.
For 2008, the top 10 world producers of grapefruit (including pomelos) are the USA, China, Mexico, South Africa, India, Argentina, Turkey, Cuba, Brazil, and Tunisia (FAOSTAT, 2010).
Data presented by Ganjun (2009) show that China produced 540,546 tons in 60,060 ha, yielding an average of 9 tons per hectare.
90 percent was produced for domestic consumption.
There are reports, however, that a single tree can yield 70-100 fruits per year which is equivalent to 20 tons/ha per year (Verheij and Coronel, 1992).
The Mendelian Principle or Law of Segregation, also called Mendel’s First Law, has been stated in the following manner: a hybrid between two parents differing in a set of characters possesses both parental factors which subsequently separate (segregate) in the gametes.
This genetic principle, along with complete dominance, modified the early belief that heredity is purely a “blending” process in which the offspring exhibits a character that is intermediate between the two parents.
Originating from Gregor Mendel’s historic research work with the garden pea, the law established that the transmission of traits from parents to progeny is carried by elementary units, which he called a factor, in a uniform, predictable fashion.
This “factor” is now called gene or, with reference to those in the same gene pair but carries the blueprint for contrasting characteristics, alleles.
This Law of Segregation is one of two laws Mendel formulated providing for the fundamental rules in the transmission of traits from parents to progeny.
The monocots or monocotyledons are plants that comprise a common ancestor and all its descendants.
Also called Monocotyledoneae or Liliopsida, they are flowering plants under phylum Anthophyta (also called Magnoliophyta or Angiospermae) of the kingdom Plantae.
They include the grasses (also referred to as gramineous or graminaceous plants) which may be considered as the most important of all the families of plants (Simpson 2010).
Aside from the monocots, the other members of the angiosperms used to be the traditionally described dicots or dicotyledons.
In other words, the angiospermous plants used to be divided into two distinct classes: the monocotyledons or Monocotyledoneae, and the dicotyledons or Dicotyledoneae.
The dicots therefore comprised of all non-monocot angiosperms.
Budding, often called bud grafting, is an artificial method of asexual or vegetative propagation in plants.
Like grafting, this method is employed to convert one plant (the rootstock) into another plant type with desirable characteristics.
Similarly, the resulting plants, in general, have shortened stature and maturity as compared to plants propagated from seed.
This method of plant propagation has the advantage of producing numerous clones from a single piece of stem or twig, each node being a potential source of the one-budded scion.
But in grafting, this same piece of the stem may account for only a single scion.
It is therefore advantageous where there is a limited source of plant cuttings or scions for grafting.
Likewise, the necessity of transporting bulky scions is eliminated.
The burning bush is a shrub with spectacular fall foliage.
It is an attractive plant because of its cork-like strips that change from red to pinkish-red during autumn.
Besides, the burning bush is famous for its reddish-brown berries. But where does the plant grow?
If you want to hide an area in your yard, then the pampas grass is the perfect way to do it. It grows fast and will hide just about anything.
But, what if you don’t want to have the pampas grass in your yard anymore? Can you remove it easily, or is this something really hard to get rid of?
With this guide, you will learn more about getting rid of pampas grass. So that you can get rid of it a lot easier and more successful than before.
Now, you will not have any more problems with the pampas grass that keeps returning.
Have you ever heard about lawn rust? It is a deterrent that makes the yard look unsightly. But one thing is clear.
We cannot do without grass. The plant makes landscapes beautiful.
Besides, the turf polishes the landscape and the atmosphere by absorbing excess carbon dioxide gas.
It is the carbon dioxide that then encourages the greenhouse effect.
More so, the vegetation sequesters the heat in the atmosphere, making the environment more than accommodating.
The benefits that come with grass cultivation are, therefore, monumental.
Soursop (Annona muricata L.), also known as graviola, guyabano, guayabano guanabano and babana, is a shrub or small tree 3-10 meters in height.
It is adapted to warm, humid tropical climates, and can tolerate both drought conditions and partial shade.
The fruit consists of about 67.5% edible white pulp with a pleasing fragrance and flavor. It is a good source of vitamins B and C with some calcium and phosphorus.
It has numerous uses.
The young green fruits with seeds that are still soft can be cooked as vegetables.
When ripe, the flesh can be eaten off-hand or as dessert, or processed into candies, jams and jelly. Its juice is used for flavoring or packaged into refreshing guyabano drinks.
The leaves are used as herbal medicine.
