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By evolving new varieties of plants with desired characteristics is a principal of artificial propagation.

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Important Questions on Vegetative Propagation and Micropropagation

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What is artificial method of vegetative propagation?

Cutting

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The cut of stem of plant (having root) is used for grafting is known as 
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For a successful graft, the adhesion between scion and stock is essential. In your view, which of the following is the earliest event towards a good graft ?
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Match the contents of columns I, II, and, III (double matching) :
Sl.Order Column I Sl.No Column II Serial Order Column III
(a) STD (i) Self-pollination p. Males
(b) Reversible sterilisation (ii) Syphilis q. Pomegranate
(c) Geitonogamy (iii) Air layering r. Treponema
(d) Vegetative propagation (iv) Vasa deferentia s. Two different flowers

 

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Layering is of two types - ground layering and air layering. Explain both these methods.
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For union between stock and scion in grafting, which one is the first to occur?
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Grafting is successful in dicots but not in monocots because the dicots have:
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Grafting is successful in dicots but not in monocots because the dicots have:

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What do you mean by tissue culture? Enumerate the various advantages of tissue culture.
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The type of layering in which 3 - 5 cm ring of bark is removed and is covered by a thick plaster of grafting clay along with root promoting PGR, is carried out in case of:
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A scion is grafted to a stock. The quality of fruits produced will be determined by the genotype of

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Grafting is a technique, which involves,

i. A connection between the root system of two different plants.
ii. A composite plant production.
iii. The physical and physiological joining of two separate individuals.
iv. The plants used are non-cambium containing ones.