Question

Write the advantage or disadvantage of Vegetative propagation???​

Answer 1

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Vegetative propagation => The method of growing plants from their vegetative parts like roots,stems or leaves etc is known as vegetative propagation.

Ex:- Rose, Sugarcane, Banana, Strawberry etc. are grown by vegetative propagation method.

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• Plants produced by vegetative propagation have flowers and fruits much earlier than plants produced by seeds.
• It is easy, fast method and can be used for propagation of plants which cannot be produced by seeds.
• The plants produced by vegetative propagation bears similar Characteristics as their parents.

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• Since, plants are genetically very similar and almost identical,no new variation can be generated.
• Plants can still suffer from various plants diseases.