Why is its advantages to grow plants vegetatively
Advantages of growing plants vegetatively are described below:
(i) Plant which do not produce seeds, are propagated by this method e.g., sugar-cane, banana, potato, rose, orange, seedless grapes, jasmines, chrysanthemum, etc.
(ii) Vegetative propagation is a cheaper, easier and more rapid method of propagation in plants than growing plants from their seeds; for example, many lilies grow very slowly and take 4 to 7 years to developed flowers, when grown their seeds, but flowers are produced only after a year or two when grown vegitatively.
(iii) The trait (character) of a plant is preserved by vegetative reproduction.
(iv) Thus, the plants generated from vegetative means requires less time to grow and to have the advantages of being more uniform and genetically similar to the parent stock.
(v) In propagation by this method, the plants skip the risky seedling stage in which a number of plants die under adverse conditions. Many seedless varities of grapes, banana and oranges are produced by this method.
Advantages of growing plants vegetatively are described below:
(i) Plant which do not produce seeds, are propagated by this method e.g., sugar-cane, banana, potato, rose, orange, seedless grapes, jasmines, chrysanthemum, etc.
(ii) Vegetative propagation is a cheaper, easier and more rapid method of propagation in plants than growing plants from their seeds; for example, many lilies grow very slowly and take 4 to 7 years to developed flowers, when grown their seeds, but flowers are produced only after a year or two when grown vegitatively.
(iii) The trait (character) of a plant is preserved by vegetative reproduction.
(iv) Thus, the plants generated from vegetative means requires less time to grow and to have the advantages of being more uniform and genetically similar to the parent stock.
(v) In propagation by this method, the plants skip the risky seedling stage in which a number of plants die under adverse conditions. Many seedless varities of grapes, banana and oranges are produced by this method.
