Question

Suggest any two advantages and disadvantages of grafting.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Advantages of grafting are :

1 . it enables to combine the most desirable characteristics of the two plants .

2 . Grafting can be used to produce varieties

of seedless fruits.

Answer 2

Two advantages of grafting:

(i) A young section can be made to flower when it is grafted on ci nature tree.

(ii) Different varieties can be grafted on the same stock.

Two disadvantages of grafting:

(i) Sexual reproduction is a necessity for evolution.  

(ii) Plants produce very few seeds.

What is grafting?

• Grafting is a type of vegetative reproduction or horticulture technique in plants which is well exploited by the gardeners.
• In grafting, a plant is inserted into another plant, so as to be nourished by it and united with it.
• Grafting is especially successful in dicotyledonous plants, where the stem has a cambium layer.

What is grafting and its advantages?

• Grafting is the fastest way of growing popular, desirable varieties of fruiting trees & flowering shrubs on a large scale.
• Buy fruiting tree seeds online.
• Many commercially valuable plants are difficult to grow by other propagation methods like cutting & layering, but they respond well to grafting.

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