Meaning and Methods of Crop Propagation

Agricultural Science JSS 2 First Term

WEEK 5

Meaning and Methods of Crop Propagation

Performance Objectives

Student should be able to:

      1. Define the crop propagation.

     2. State the methods of crop propagation.

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Definition of Crop Propagation

The word propagation means to grow, generate or to cultivate. Therefore, crop propagation is defined as the practice of growing or cultivating crop plants by sowing their seeds or planting their cuttings. It can also be defined as the process of raising young plants from seeds or vegetative parts.

Methods of Crop Propagation

There are two methods of crop propagation and they are as follows:

1. Sexual or seed propagation: This method of propagation makes use of the sowing…