When is vegetative propagation used? Name any three methods of vegetative propagation.

Vegetative propagation is a form of asexual reproduction that occurs in plants.

There are certain parts of plants that possess the ability to get developed into a complete parent plant when they are grown under correct nutrition.


Plant parts such as roots, stem, leaves, buds flowers, anthers and ovary possesses the ability to get developed into a complete parent plant tassels possesses a special property called as “totipotency” which is responsible for this phenomenon.


Now there are certain methods of vegetative propagation which includes


grafting


cuttings


mound layering


side grafting


wedge grafting


Propagation by plant tissue culture or also called as micro propagation.


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