Question

1. Name ONE asexually propagation method which is commonly used for the Malus domestica.

2. Why asexually reproduction is used instead of sexually reproduction?

Answer 1

ANSWER :

1. The grafting is one of most common methods used to propagate apple trees (Malus domestica), in which shoot stock or scion of a plant stem join to the limb of a specific variety of root stock, so that the living tissues of both the pieces attached and grow together.

2. The vegetative propagation is the specific method to grow any plant and generate new plants via using stem cutting, different form of grafting & layering and budding etc.

All the methods of vegetative propagation are asexual and does not involve the fusion of gametes unlike in sexual reproduction, hence these asexual methods are predominantly used to grow and reproduce various crops in short duration with desirable traits.