2007-02-20 03:31:58 · 13 answers · asked by monkey kyle 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
My father studied agriculture. When we planted seedless grapes in our garden, he took small branches off a tree and dipped them in water until they grew roots. Then he planted them into soil.
I have never seen anyone graft grapes. So perhaps that method is not suitable for this occasion.
Seedless grapes have duplications in their genome, so are infertile.
2007-02-20 04:31:35 · answer #1 · answered by chameleonGA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seedlessness is a highly desirable trait in table grape selection, and seedless cultivars now make up the overwhelming majority of table grape plantings. Because grapevines are vegetatively propagated by cuttings, the lack of seeds does not present a problem for reproduction. It is, however, an issue for breeders, who must either use a seeded variety as the female parent or rescue embryos early in development using tissue culture techniques.There are several sources of the seedlessness trait, and essentially all commercial cultivars get it from one of three sources: Thompson Seedless, Russian Seedless, and Black Monukka. All are members of Vitis vinifera.
2007-02-20 03:40:59 · answer #2 · answered by Paul B 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The branches that produce seedless grapes are grafted to a regular grape vine and then it grows and produces seedless grapes.
2007-02-20 04:05:32 · answer #3 · answered by km43dragon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are an example of a plant grown by cloning.
Unlike "animal cloning" cloning a plant consists of cutting a part of it off (this part is called a cutting) and growing it in rooting medium (which, depending on the plant, can just be plain old soil.)
Grapes, bananas, pototoes and some apple and pear trees are clones.
2007-02-20 04:15:51 · answer #4 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't. They are an impotent strain. New seedless grapes are grown from seeds held by the grower.
2007-02-20 03:36:03 · answer #5 · answered by Harriet 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
seedless grapes arent seedless naturally. they give them fertilizers to grow large before they grow seeds!!
2007-02-20 04:41:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bare root starts. As with many hybrid varieties of plants, when produced unnaturally you have to take root starts and grow them that way.
2007-02-20 03:41:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They don't! Rather, they are reproduced by grafting - quite common in viniculture!
2007-02-20 03:35:10 · answer #8 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
trimmings. the growers cut snipets and grow new plants
2007-02-20 03:41:19 · answer #9 · answered by Candi-O 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question my friend! I'm as baffled as you are!
2007-02-20 07:37:54 · answer #10 · answered by pigletsam 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋