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Question
Write various advantages of vegetative propagation.
Solution
Advantages of vegetative propagation are:
- Vegetative propagation is the only method to obtain new plants in those plants where seed formation does not occur.
- This method is cheaper, convenient and rapid method of plant multiplication.
- It is the only method of reproduction in plants like grapes, roses, pineapple etc. which do not form viable seeds.
- Plants raised through vegetative propagation from a single plant form a genetically uniform population called a clone.
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