Question
What are the advantages of vegetative reproduction?
Solution
Advantages of vegetative reproduction are:
(i) This is a very useful method of multiplying plants which do not produce seeds l;ike banana and oranges.
(ii) This is a more easy and quicker method of propagation than from the conventional method using eds. For example, Lilies produce flowers within one or two year when grown vegetatively. They produce flowers in 4—7 years (from germination to flower) when grown by seeds.
(iii) Vegetative propagation methods are useful in preservation of the desired parental characters in the offspringswhile plants produced by seeds show variations.
