HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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For years, people have been taking cuttings from plants to root to make new plants. What kind of modern technology uses genetic information most similarly to the cutting and rooting process?
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genetic engineering
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cloning of organisms
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Some common methods of cloning plants are cutting, grafting, layering, and tissue culture. Cuttings are small fragments of a plant that are removed and placed in substrate under the right growth conditions until they develop into independent offspring.
Detailed explanation-2: -Asexual plant propagation methods produce new plants from vegetative parts of the original plant, such as the leaves, stems and roots. These methods are generally referred to as vegetative propagation.
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