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(a) Name the most suitable method of raising a banana plant. Is this mode of reproduction sexual or asexual ? List any three advantages of growing plants by such a method.
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(a) • Vegetative Propagation. (1 Mark)
• This is asexual mode of reproduction. (1 Mark)
Advantages
(1) Plant raised by vegetative propagation can bear flowers and fruits earlier than those produced from seeds.
(2) All plants produced are genetically similar.
(3) Helpful to the plants which have lost the capacity to produce seeds.
(Any other relevant point) (1x3 Marks) (5 Marks)
• This is asexual mode of reproduction. (1 Mark)
Advantages
(1) Plant raised by vegetative propagation can bear flowers and fruits earlier than those produced from seeds.
(2) All plants produced are genetically similar.
(3) Helpful to the plants which have lost the capacity to produce seeds.
(Any other relevant point) (1x3 Marks) (5 Marks)