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What is vegetative propagation ? List with brief explanation two advantages of practising this process for growing same types of plants. Select two plants from the following which are grown by this process :
Banana, Wheat, Mustard, Jasmine, Gram.

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(a) Vegetative propagation is the development of a new plant from the vegetative parts / roots, stem and leaves of a plant.
(b) Advantages : (i) Such plants can bear flowers and fruits earlier than those produced from seeds
(li) Allows propagation of plants (banana, orange etc) that have lost capacity to produce seeds.
(iii) Jasmine, banana.
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