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Question
How is vegetative propagation economically important?
Solution
Vegetative propagation is economically important in the following ways:
- Vegetative propagation is helpful in the improvement of food crops, cash crops and ornamentals.
- Plants raised through vegetative propagation are totally identical to the parent plants (clones) and are genetically similar.
- Vegetative propagation is the only method to multiply those plants where seed formation does not occur.
- This is a cheaper, convenient and rapid method of plant multiplication.
- It is the only method of reproduction in plants like grapes, roses, Chrysanthemums, pineapples etc. which do not form viable seeds i.e. seeds do not germinate.
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