Question
Explain about artificial methods of vegetative reproduction.

Answer

  1. Vegetative propagation is a kind of asexual reproduction which occurs with the help of vegetative plant parts.
  2. Cutting and grafting are two methods used to propagate desired varieties of plants.
  3. Cutting – small pieces of plant parts having one or more buds are selected for propagation, e.g, Stem cutting – Rose, Root Cutting – Blackberry and Leaf cutting – Sansevieria.
  4. Grafting – In this method two plant parts are joined ogether (Stock – rooted plant and Scion-attached plant and they continue their growth as one plant.
  5. When a single bud is grafted on stock plant it is called as bud grafting, e.g. Rose, Apple, Pear.

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