BRAINCAKEArtificial Clones - Cuttings
Gardeners and growers make artificial clones of plants by taking cuttings. A cutting is a short piece of stem (or sometimes a leaf or root) that is removed from the parent plant and grown into a new plant. Because it forms by mitosis, the new plant is genetically identical to the parent.
How to take a stem cutting
• Choose a healthy, non-flowering shoot.
• Cut the stem cleanly between nodes, usually just below a node, with a slanted cut to increase the surface area for rooting and to stop water collecting on the cut surface.
• Remove most of the leaves, leaving a few at the top, to reduce water loss by transpiration while the cutting has no roots.
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