Question

What are the four advantages of vegetative propagation?

Answer 1

Vegetative reproduction is very useful to plant growers because of the following reasons:-

1.It allows them to produce new plants quickly.Using plant parts takes less time than waiting for seeds to grow.For example, fruit plants grown by this method start bearing fruits much earlier than plants grown from seeds.

2.The plants produced by this method are exact copies of the parent plant . They have no variations.This is also an advantage for plant growers as they can produce exact copies of aplant with the required characteristics, such as resistance to disease.All plants produced will have the same characteristics.

3.Plants propagated vegetatively usually need less attention than plants grown from seeds, in the early stages of growth.

4.New varieties of plants having required characteristics can be developed by this method.

  Many food, fruits and ornamental plants, such as bananas, pineapple, rose, sugarcane, etc., are normally grown by vegetative reproduction. Some plants do not produce seeds.They can only be propagated vegetatively, e.g. bananas and pineapples.

There are also many disadvantages for vegetative propagation.

Answer 2

1) the new plant contains only the genetic information of the parent so it is like a clone 
2)these plants need less care and attention in comparison to the ones grown normally 
3)it is a quick method 
4)purity of variety is maintained