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Mention any two disadvantages of vegetative propagation.

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### Step-by-Step Text Solution: 1. **Understanding Vegetative Propagation**: - Vegetative propagation is a form of asexual reproduction in plants where new individuals are produced from vegetative parts such as runners, rhizomes, tubers, and bulbs. This process does not involve the fusion of gametes. 2. **Disadvantage 1 - Lack of Genetic Variation**: - One major disadvantage of vegetative propagation is that it does not introduce new genetic variations. Since the offspring are produced from a single parent without the fusion of gametes, they are genetically identical to the parent. This lack of genetic diversity can make the population less adaptable to changing environmental conditions. ...
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