figaro wrote in message ...
The term is "clone" and basically just means taking a cutting to produce a
clone of the original plant with the same genetics and attributes.

probably the largest use of clonal cuttings in the world is in the Tea
industry in Sri Lanka and India.
Hundreds of thousands of tea shoot cuttings are taken from selected
mother bushes and planted in nurseries for rooting. after rooting they
are transferred in to small ploythene nursery bags and nurtured for
about one year till they have develped into 12 inch plants. These
plants are then planted out in the field at about 15000 plants per
hectare. A ten hectare planting will therefore need about 150,000
plants and Sri Lanka plants about 5000 hectares each year.