Question 9 — A farmer wants to produce - Questions at the end of the chapter - Chapter 11 - Reproduction: How Life Continues (Exploration)

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Question 9
A farmer wants to produce a large number of genetically identical plants quickly. Suggest suitable reproduction methods and explain why they are effective.
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  • Use vegetative propagation (cutting, grafting, layering) or tissue culture .
  • These use a single parent and mitosis, so they quickly produce a large number of genetically identical plants with the desired qualities.
Fast Identical Plants Step 1 Use cutting, grafting or layering Step 2 Or tissue culture from shoot-tip cells Step 3 All offspring are clones of the parent Quick, large-scale, identical plants
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