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HORT 10100 Fundamentals of Horticulture Name: Ryan Leuck Lab Day & Time: Wednesday 1:30 Plant Propagation - Lab Exercise Vegetative Propagation Experiment : Observations and analysis: 1. ( 3 points ) Indicate which plant species you experimented with in this exercise. Then, list the two cutting types in order beginning with the one that developed the most overall rooting at the conclusion of the experiment, and the one with the least overall rooting. Group Number: 4 Common Name: Creeping Charlie Scientific Name: Glechoma hederacea Cutting Type w/ hormone Cutting Type w/o hormone Most rooting 1. Stem Tip Step Tip 2. Leaf Petiole Leaf Petiole Least rooting: Leaf Petiole 2. ( 1 point ) Were there any differences in speed of rooting between the different cutting types ? (List hormone treated and non-treated separately.) Yes, there were differences in the speed of rooting. After 2 weeks, the stem tips with auxin were all fully rooted. The stem tips without auxin were partially rooted. The leaf petioles with auxin were only partially rooted after 2 weeks and the leaf petioles without auxin had not rooted at all. After 4 weeks, all the stem tips (with and without auxin) had fully rooted. The leaf petioles were slower and only 3 out of the 6 had fully rooted. Overall, the stem tips rooted faster than the leaf petiole.
3. ( 1 point ) Were there any differences in speed of rooting between the hormone treated cuttings and the non-treated cuttings? Describe your observations. Yes, the cuttings with the auxin hormone had rooted faster than the cuttings without it. After 2 weeks the leaf petioles and stem tips that had auxin had at least partially rooted with 3 of them being fully rooted. The others without auxin only had 3 partially root and the other 3 not root at all. After 4 weeks, 5/6 with auxin had fully rooted while only 4/6 fully rooted without auxin. Overall, the cuttings with the auxin hormone tended to root faster than the cuttings without it. Putting Theory into Practice : 4. ( 1 point ) Different cutting types require differing amounts of plant tissue per cutting and providing a rooting hormone adds to costs. If you were planning on commercially producing the plant species you used in this experiment, which cutting type would you use? Would you treat with hormone? Base your answer on the rooting success of your cuttings. If I was planning on commercially producing the plant species I used in this experiment, I would use the stem tip with auxin. The stem tips with auxin had rooted faster and stronger than any of the other cutting types. After only 2 weeks all 3 of the stem tips with auxin had fully rooted and all the rest had 0 that fully rooted. I believe that this would be the best and most efficient way to commercially produce this plant species. Seed Propagation Experiment : Observations and analysis: 5. ( 1 point) Did both species behave in a similar manner? They did not behave in a similar matter. The beans (species 1) had 3 seeds emerge for both deep and shallow during the week one observations. The basil (species 2) had 1 deep and 3 shallow emerge during the week 1 observations. During the week 2 observations, the beans had all 8 of its seeds emerged (4 shallow, 4 deep). The beans had 5 total emerge (3 shallow, 2 deep). Overall, the beans, both shallow and deep, had emerged faster than the basil.
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