Chapter 7 NCERT Class 10 Science SOLUTIONS

4. Why is vegetative propagation practiced for growing some types of plants?

Question:

Why is vegetative propagation practiced for growing some types of plants?

Answer:

Vegetative Propagation

  • Asexual reproduction, in which the new plant grows by either cutting off the parent plant or by its fragment, is vegetative propagation. 
  • Layering, cutting, sukering, grafting, stolon formations, tissue culture, and many more are types of vegetative propagation. 

Advantages

  • The rapid method that is easy and cheaper.
  • Due to environmental factors and the soil, the germination of mature plant seeds isn't possible. This propagation helps in producing new individual plants as the parent plant.
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