Question

why no change in parental characters
occur during vegetative reproduction.​

Answer 1

Vegetative propagation is a form of asexual reproduction of a plant. Only one plant is involved and the offspring is the result of one parent. The new plant is genetically identical to the parent. The offspring of the plants are clones of the original plant since no mixing of DNA occurs. The most common forms of vegetative propagation are grafting, cutting, layering, tuber, bulb or stolon formation and tissue culture.

So, the correct option is, 'it is a means of producing a large population of individuals genetically identical to the parent'.