Advantages and Disadvantages of Asexual/Vegetative Propagation

Advantages of Asexual Propagation

The advantages of asexual propagation of crops include the following:

1. There is good adaptation of crops.
2. More resistance to pests and diseases.
3. It enables crop to produce in a very short time e.g. citrus.
4. Crops are uniformly established.

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