Question and Answer - Agriculture #5

9.5) what is mean by plant propagation? Explain in brief thei fmpartence to the advatages of disadvantager of ascxuat ofmethod of plant propagation Plant propagation plant propagation is defined as the process of creating new plants from a verlet of sources: seeds, cutting bulbs, & other plant part. Asexual propagation; /vegelattue / clonal propagation Asexual propagation refers to the multiplication of plant part from Leaves etc any vegetative parts like rod, stem Advantages - progenies are treue to type bence unifrom growth & fruit quality. 2 Certain rout stocks and resistant. 3) Adverse soit factor like salinity or alkanity. 4) Resistant to post & disease. 5) Frust frees comes bearing earlier. Plants are generally dwarf in nature than seedlings. 7) Plast produas seedless fruit. Damaged part of tree trunk or rooting of rost can be repaired by bloge grafting or inarching to. save plent Disadvantagest plants are not vigorous & they are short lived. No new vanelies arme devotoped or evoluad. These method one more expensive, laborious + time conswning Sexual propagation- propagation of the plants by using seed as propagation material is called as secual propagation. Advantages. i) Most of the economical process among various type of plast propagation. ⅱ) leads to better crop species that are stronger. Disease-resistant and have longer life span. 10) They are hany with crop deep rout oystem." 1) Production of large number of crops & that too with different varrettes Pootstock is raised by seed. vil) required large number soed propagation is easy meen. Disadvantages- Some plant species do not produce ver viable seeds. 2) bnpoopagate for some unsustadole. Plant that do not have seed can't be propagated thragh this process. Q Proginies are not trave to type & so become inferior