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Questions No: 5
Why is vegetative propagation practiced for growing some types of plants?
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Vegetative propagation is practiced for growing some types of plants because of following advantages –
(i) It is used to grow a plant in which viable seeds are not formed or very few seeds are produced. eg:- Orange, Banana, Pineapple.
(ii) It helps to introduce plants in new areas where the seed germination fails to produce mature plant due to change in environmental factors and the soil.
(iii) It is more rapid, easier and cheaper method.
(iv) By this method a good quality of a race or variety can be preserved.
(i) Plant raised by vegetative propagation can bear flower and fruits earlier than those produced from seeds.
(ii) It also helps in propagation of plants such as banana, orange, rose and jasmine that have lost the capacity to produce seeds.
(iii) All plants produced by this method are genetically similar to the parent plant to have its all characteristics.
(iv) Thus, desirable features of parent plant can be retained and expressed without any change future generations.