when i was little i would see my dad cut a branch, stick a leaf of another tree in the space where the branch was, and seal it wit wax, and get a fruit mix.....is it possible?..
2006-10-11 09:54:49 · 8 answers · asked by ha h 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Yes you can do it genetically. It's called cross fertilization. You just take the male part of the seed of one tree and the female fart of the seed of another and presto chango. it's much easier to do with blooming plants though. Like flowers, such as the flowers of a cherry tree.
2006-10-11 10:04:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It wasn't the leaf, it was the bud or a small section of stem. (Your father may have used the petiole (leaf stem) as a handle to help in the budding process) Budding and grafting are commonly used today in the nursery industry to put a desired fruit or flower (as in the case of roses) on a different root stock. The two different plants must be close relative, that is you can't graft an orange onto an apple, but is is quite common to graft several different apples onto yet a different apple or several different citrus growing onto another citrus tree.
There is not genetic crossing, each graft or bud bears true.
2006-10-11 17:42:25 · answer #2 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you will not get a fruit that is mixed..you will get another fruit growing on the same tree..that is what is known as "grafting"...the new branch is "grafted" onto the host tree. It is done all over for roses,,,lemon/lime lemon/grapefruit../all types of trees..not only fruit trees.
2006-10-11 18:22:52 · answer #3 · answered by flyboss1107 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you're talking about is called grafting, which technically isn't crossing (genetic mixing, hybridization). Many crop trees are grafted onto related rootstocks for various reasons (disease resistance, size).
2006-10-12 01:46:28 · answer #4 · answered by candy2mercy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible to cross the different species of same genera But it lead to the Hybrid of these 2 species which have dominant characters of both the speciecs One problem is that the most of the hybrids are sterile in nature
2006-10-12 04:14:08 · answer #5 · answered by Raja 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes it possible it is called as vegetative propagation .it is the method by which segment of the one plant to be propagated is inserted onto another plant. in such a way that there vascular tissues combines so allowing growth of the grafted segment.
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2006-10-11 18:13:07 · answer #6 · answered by shamsayasmin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can it's called cross grafting,it's tricky but it can be done
2006-10-11 19:58:12 · answer #7 · answered by G'smom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can...It's called a hybrid...
2006-10-11 18:30:45 · answer #8 · answered by JennyAnn 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋