1. Stolon – a horizontal stem that produces rooted plantlets at its nodes and ends, forming near the surface of the ground.

2. 8 The clonal plasticity of Zoysia japonica was studied through the treatments of different soil moisture and the experiments of stolon-severing and connection.

3. To study Aboral, that is, stolon, regeneration we removed polyps from their colony by a transverse cut at the lower third of the polyp body column to exclude any stolonal tissue