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Question
Why is this mode practiced for growing some types of plants?
Solution
Some plants are vegetatively propagated for the following reasons:
- They do not produce viable seeds.
- Their seeds take a longer time to germinate and mature.
- Certain characteristics present in the parent plant are required to be retained in the progeny.
Potato, sugarcane, and rose are some plants that are vegetatively propagated.
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