Question

List two advantages of vegetative propagation practised in case of an orange plant .

Answer 1

The two advantages of vegetative propagation in the case of orange are as follows :

1. Vegetative propagation is asexual mode of reproduction so orange tree with desired characteristics like more pulp and juice can be grown by vegetative propagation in order to obtain more trees with such characters. The trees thus produced will be identical to the parent tree.

2. The time required for bearing oranges would be less in case of plants which are produced by vegetative propagation than those which are produced by seeds.