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Melayu/ English Penulis telah mencuba menumbuhkan  keratan ara/tin  tiga kali: percubaan kali pertama memberikan hasil seratus peratus (2/2 keratan) manakala percubaan kali kedua dan ketiga memberikan hasil kurang daripada lima puluh peratus. Kini, penulis sedang dalam percubaan kali keempat. Semasa percubaan kedua dan ketiga, penulis telah mencuba merendam keratan dalam pelbagai paras air; penulis perhatikan akar yang tumbuh menghampiri permukaan air. Garisan biru menandakan paras air. Perhatikan akar tumbuh menghampiri permukaan air. Sebuah kajian oleh Zimmerman (1930) menunjukkan pemerhatian yang sama, mengaitkan kepentingan oksigen dalam pembentukan akar pada keratan, dimana sesetengah spesies memerlukan lebih banyak oksigen berbanding dengan spesies yang lain. Oksigen penting untuk respirasi tumbuhan, proses yang menukar simpanan makanan dalam keratan kepada sumber tenaga yang diperlukan untuk pembentukan akar manakala kekurangan oksigen membawa kepada kematian

English/ Malay I have tried to grow fig cuttings three times: the first one was a hundred percent success (2/2 cuttings) whereas the second and the third times were less than fifty percent success, and now currently on the fourth attempt. During the second and third attempts, I varied with the water levels and noticed that roots that developed on the cuttings were clustered near the water surface. The blue line indicates water level. Note that the roots developed near the water surface. A study by Zimmerman (1930) showed similar observation, relating the importance of oxygen for root development in cuttings, albeit certain species requires more oxygen than others. Oxygen is needed for plant respiration, to convert food storage in the cuttings into energy needed for root development whereas deprived of oxygen led to cell decayed. Oxygen is deprived when the water is too deep. For this reason, it is recommended to change water everyday to maximize oxygen availabilit