Question

Discuss advantage of vegetative reproduction.

Answer 1

Plant propagation is the process of increasing the number of plants of a particular species or cultivar. Propagation can be via sexual or asexual means. Asexual plant propagation methods produce new plants from vegetative parts of the original plant, such as the leaves, stems and roots. These methods are generally referred to as vegetative propagation. Many plants can reproduce this way naturally, but vegetative propagation can also be artificially induced. The main advantage of vegetative propagation methods is that the new plants contain the genetic material of only one parent, so they are essentially clones of the parent plant. With vegetative propagation, plants also bypass the immature seedling phase and therefore reach the mature phase sooner. It can also help to maintain consistent quality and taste in products made from plants or crops.