Introduction of plant propagation, sexual method and asexual method

• Plant propagation has been one of the fundamental operations, however the propagation process has got commercial popularity only recently
• Now days, propagation practice has been totally modernized, propagation practices have been advanced from field to in-vitro
• Starting from scion stick of 15 to 20 cm length, the plants are multiplied even using cell, tissue and embryo
• In modern horticulture trade, plant propagation is arising business
• It is highly profitable, employment generative,

Simply, multiplication of plants is termed as propagation

• Plant propagation can be defined as controlled reproduction of a plant by a man in order to perpetuate a selected individual, or group of individuals which is having specific values to him
• In general, propagation can be sexual or asexual
• In sexual propagation plants are developed through seeds while in asexual method plants are multiplied by using vegetative structures recreative and creative business