Examine the advantages and disadvantages of asexual propagation in the production of plants.
Examination should include
- impacts on plant production
- economic value of cloning plants.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What is asexual propagation?
- How does asexual propagation affect biodiversity?
- What is the value of asexual propagation to the plant industry?
- What is a plant patent?
- How do plant patents and trademarked plants affect commercial growers?
- How does asexual reproduction limit the evolutionary process?