Banana plants can be multiplied rapidly by adopting
A
Aerial grafting
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B
Aerial stem cutting
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C
Rhizome cutting
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D
X-ray irradiation of fruits
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Solution
The correct option is C Rhizome cutting Rhizome is a modified subterranean stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes. Commercial bananas are seedless and propagated exclusively by vegetative means. The banana has a reduced underground stem, called as the rhizome, which bears several buds. Each of these buds sprouts and forms its own pseudostem and a new bulbous rhizome. These daughter plants are called as suckers. Banana is mostly propagated by rhizomes and suckers.