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By DR. DIANE RELF
Rappahannock New* Contributing Writer
People who enjoy gardening are often tempted to try some of the more intricate aspects of the hobby. Breeding their own plants is one such temptation.
There are different ways of breeding new plants and trying it can be fun or frustrating. Henry R. Owen Jr., a former Virginia Tech student, offers this information and cautions for gardeners who want to try it.
Understand How Specific
Plants Reproduce
Plants reproduce asexually and sexually. Asexual reproduction is the propagation or perpetuation of a species by vegetative means. It is also referred to as clonal propagation because in most cases the offspring are gentically identical to the parent plants.
Plants reproduce sexually by means of seeds or spores. Seed development generally involves genetic recombination and the union of gametes (sperm and egg cells), resulting in many forms or varieties of a plant species. Varieties that have been further developed through artificial selection are designated as cultivars.
Asexual and sexual methods are used for plant propagation, cloning for the maintenance of desirable cultivars, and seed propagation for the development of cultivars.
Many cultivars of popular vegetable and ornamental plants are de
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