Different between cuttage and layerage
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Cuttage
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Layerage
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1. The practice or method of propagating plants by means of cuttings.
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1. The practice, art, or process of rooting plants by layering.
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2. Plant parts are first detached from mother plant and are them induced to produce roots.
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2. Plant parts are kept attached to the mother plant till the root formation takes place.
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3. Cutting can be taken easily from the plant and can be carried to long distance. More number of cutting can be prepared from a plant.
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3. Layers are produced on the spot only and very few layers can be produced from plant.
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4. It is very easy and simple practice.
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4. It is an uneasy practice.
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5. Plants are easier to root and are propagated by cuttage.
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5. Plants are difficult to root can be propagated by layerage.
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