CHAPTER

TELL ME ABOUT AIR

LAYERING !

Often, we want to propagate a special or valuable plant but

find seeds are hard, if not impossible, to find or have failed at
rooting cuttings. Air layering may be the answer to this problem.
Lets recognize the terms of air layering!

Learning objectives:
After studying this chapter, students are expected to:

Know the vocabulary list of air layering

Know the terminology list of air layering
Saying the terms of air layering

A. Vocabulary of Air Layering Mango Tree

No

Pictures

Vocabulary list

Pronunciation

Meaning

Ball of soil

/bl v sl/

Bola tanah

Bark

/bk/

Kulit kayu

Binding

/band/

Pengikatan

Branch

/brn/

Dahan

Cow dung

/ka d/

Kotoran sapi

Deep

/ dip/

Dalam

Dig

/dg/

Menggali

Fail

/fel /

Gagal

Fertile soil

/ftal sl/

Tanah subur

10

Fill

/fl/

Mengisi

11

Fruit

/frut/

Buah

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Knife

/naf/

Pisau

13

Leaves

/livz/

Daun-daun

14

Matured

/mtjd/

Dewasa

15

Plastic

/plstk/

Plastik

16

Propagate

/prpget/

Memperbanyak

17

Root

/rut/

Akar

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Seed

/sid/

Bibit

19

Stem

/stm /

Batang

20

String

/str/

Tali

21

Tip

/ tp/

Ujung

22

Mango Tree

/mg
tri/

Pohon mangga

23

Transplanting

/trns
plnt/

Pencangkokan

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Water

/wt (r)/

Air

B. Terminology of Air Layering Mango Tree

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1

Pictures

Terminology List
Air Layering

Meaning
Simple

way

of

propagating fruit tree

seedlings

from

their

branches

Cambium

A kind of meristem and

is most active in woody
plants, where it lies
between the bark and
wood of the stem

Circumferential cut

Cut around the bark,

cambium, and phloem
layers

Cut the branch

Cut that branch below

the wad of rooted

Handful
soil

of

fertile Place

handful

of

fertile soil around the

cut section to make a
ball

Mix

Amalgamate the Fertile

soil and cow dung

Plant

Living seed that grows

in the earth

Phloem layers

Phloem cells conduct

food from leaves to rest
of the plant. Phloem
cells are usually located
outside the xylem

Strip

Strip

off

that

bark/cambium/phlopem
between the two cuts.

10

Tie

Tie the end of plastic

around the fertile soil
ball

11

Wrap

Wrapping it around the

branch

so

that

the

fertile soil completely

covers the girdled area.

12

Xylem layers

Xylem is a term applied

to

woody

(lignin-

impregnated) walls of
certain cells of plants.
Xylem cells tend to
conduct

water

and

minerals from roots to

leaves.

Exercise 1
Complete the crossword puzzle below with the correct words!

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2

R
A
4

N
6

C
H

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Part of the tree growing out from a steam

Simple way of propogating the tree seedlings from their branch
The thing that is used to cut/strip the bark
The outer layers of stems and roots of plants
One of the requirement of the branch to be air layering
The thing that s used to wrop the fertile soil on the branch

Exercise 2
Match the words and the pictures below!
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

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Tie

String

Plastic

Strip

Air Layering

Plant

Root

Wrap

Ball of soil

Fertile soil