Question

(a) What is meant by the term 'artificial propagation of plants'?
(b) Name three common methods which are used for the artificial propagation of plants.
(c) Name two plants which are usually propagated by artificial propagation methods. Name the method of artificial propagation used in each case.

Answer 1

(a) Artificial propagation refers to the man-made method of obtaining several plants from one plant.

(b) Three common methods of artificial propagation are cutting, layering and grafting.

(c) Rose is grown by the cutting method, and apple is grown by the grafting method.