Question

If a gardener wanted to propagate a useful variety of apple tree in a way which maintained all its desirable qualities, which of the following techniques can be used: (a) Planting stem cuttings in potting compost (b) grafting stem cuttings onto a rootstock (c) Grafting buds on to a rootstock (d) growing the seeds produced from the useful variety (e) Cross-pollinating the variety with another good variety and growing the seeds resulting from the cross

Answer 1

Answer:

a

Explanation:

Answer 2

● Effect gardener wanted to propagate useful variety of apple tree in a way which maintained all its desirable qualities the best technique to be used is cross pollinated variety with another good variety and growing the seeds resulting from the cross.

● This is because the cross pollinated zygote contains best characters of both the parents and hence first grown seeds will give rise to plants with all desirable characters.