Write four points regarding the importance of vegetative propagation.

Explanation

Importance of vegetative propagation.
(i) It is more rapid and easier method of propagation.
(ii) Good characters are preserved by vegetative propagation.
(iii) Plants produced by vegetative popagation ·are genetically similar and constitute a uniform population called as clone
(iv) Some fruit trees like banana,.pineapple do not produce viable seeds so these are propagated by only vegetative methods."
(v) Plants with reduced power of sexual reproduction, long dormant period of seed, poor viability are multiplied by vegetative methods.