List four advantages of vegetative propagation
List four advantages of vegetative propagation
Vegetative propagation is an asexual mode of reproduction. It is the ability of the plants to reproduce by producing new plants from the vegetative parts such as leaf, stem, or roots under favourable conditions
a.Only one parent is required, which eliminates the need for special mechanisms (pollination).
b.Many plants are able to tide over unfavourable conditions because of the presence of vegetative reproductive parts like the tubers, corm, bulbs, etc.
c.Plants that do not produce seeds are propagated by this method. For example: Sugar-cane, Potato, etc.
d.Vegetative propagation is a cheaper, easier and rapid method of propagation in plants than growing them from their seeds. For example, when grown from their seeds, lilies grow very slowly and take 4 to 7 years to develop flowers, but flowers are produced only in a year or two when grown vegetatively.
e.The trait (character) of the parent plant is preserved and the offsprings are genetically identical.
(Any four advantages can be written)
Vegetative propagation is an asexual mode of reproduction. It is the ability of the plants to reproduce by producing new plants from the vegetative parts such as leaf, stem, or roots under favourable conditions
a.Only one parent is required, which eliminates the need for special mechanisms (pollination).
b.Many plants are able to tide over unfavourable conditions because of the presence of vegetative reproductive parts like the tubers, corm, bulbs, etc.
c.Plants that do not produce seeds are propagated by this method. For example: Sugar-cane, Potato, etc.
d.Vegetative propagation is a cheaper, easier and rapid method of propagation in plants than growing them from their seeds. For example, when grown from their seeds, lilies grow very slowly and take 4 to 7 years to develop flowers, but flowers are produced only in a year or two when grown vegetatively.
e.The trait (character) of the parent plant is preserved and the offsprings are genetically identical.
(Any four advantages can be written)
