Why is vegetative propagation practiced for growing some types of plants?

Vegetative propagation is a type of asexual reproduction in plants where the offspring formed is due to one parent. Also, the offspring by vegetative propagation is genetically identical to the parent.

It has the following advantages which makes it suitable for growing some types of plants-

• Characteristics of the plant can be preserved.

• Several plants in a short time can be produced quickly by vegetative propagation.

• With the help of vegetative propagation it is possible to propagate plants that have lost the capability to produce viable seeds.

• Only one parent is needed to produce offspring

• The fruit trees grown by vegetative propagation methods start producing fruits earlier.