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CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10ScienceHow do Organisms Reproduce?5 Marks
Question
What is vegetative propagation? List with brief explanation three advantages of practising this process for growing some types of plants. Select two plants from the following which are grown by this process:
Banana, Wheat, Mustard, Jasmine, Gram.
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Answer

Definition: It is the production of plants from vegetative parts of the plant like stem, root, leaf etc. In vegetative propagation, a portion is detached from the body of the parent plant and is grown independently.
Advantages of vegetative propagation:
  1. For propagation of plants that produce little or no viable seeds.
  2. Many fruits are cross pollinated, so to provide consistent quality without variation vegetative propagation is preferred.
  3. Most often easier, rapid and more economical method.
  4. Flowering period is short compared to seed propagated plants.
  5. Method of choice in propagating plants in unfavorable environmental condition.
Jasmine and banana are grown by this process.

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