Mention the advantages and disadvantages of vegetative propagation.

Explanation

Advantages of Vegetative Propagation
(i) It is the only method of multiplication (rapid) in seedless plants, e.g. sugarcane, banana, seedless grape, seedless orange, etc.
(ii) The important advantage of vegetative propagation is that a plant can be retained and multiplied indefinitely without any change or variation.
(iii) Vegetative propagation by plant tissue culture (micropropagation)-has been applied for the production of disease-free plants.
Disadvantages of Vegetative Propagation
(i) Vegetative propagules get easily decayed and are prone to viral, bacterial and fungal diseases.
(ii) There are no variations. Therefore, the plants may show degeneration and in such plants there is a less adaptability to changed environment.
(iii) There is no dispersal of vegetative propagules. Therefore, it causes overcrowding.