Question

A farmer wants to grow banana plants genetically similar enough to the plants already available in his field. Which one of the following methods would you suggest for this purpose?

Options

• Regeneration

• Budding

• Vegetative propagation

• Sexual reproduction

Answer 1

Vegetative propagation

Explanation:

Banana crops can be grown by farmers through vegetative propagation. Its mode of reproduction is asexual. It is accomplished by spreading the banana's rhizome. It is possible for the rhizome to produce new banana plants.