DENDROLOGY

TREE PROPAGATION AND PLANTING

VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
obtaining a new plant from the parts of an old plant is
A
vegetative propagation
B
vegetative reproduction
C
asexual reproduction
D
all of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Asexual propagation involves taking a part of one parent plant and causing it to regenerate itself into a new plant. The resulting new plant is genetically identical its parent. Asexual propagation involves the vegetative parts of a plant: stems, roots, or leaves.

Detailed explanation-2: -Propagating a plant by cuttings will allow you to keep the special characteristics of that plant. Plants grown from seed will often be different from the parent plant and from each other. Propagating a new plant via cuttings avoids the difficulties of propagating by seed.

Detailed explanation-3: -SEED Growing plants from seed can be very easy and very cheap. CUTTINGS Like air-layers and grafting, this results in a clone of the parent plant. AIR-LAYERING This technique is similar to cuttings, but you don’t actually remove the cutting from the parent plant. 25-Apr-2020

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