<P> Grafting is used to breed fruit trees and flowering bushes . Apple, peach, apricot and pear trees are often grafted . We will now describe some of the advantages of the grafting method of artificial propagation . </P> <Ol> <Li> Grafting enables us to combine the most desirable characteristics of the two plants (scion and stock) in its flowers and fruits . </Li> <Li> By grafting method, a very young scion (shoot part of a plant). can be made to flower and produce fruits quite fast when it is grafted to the stock (stem having roots) of a mature plant . </Li> <Li> It enables us to obtain flowers and fruits having different desired characteristics by grafting scions from different varieties of plants on the same stock . Many varieties of mango have been produced by grafting method . </Li> </Ol> <Li> Grafting enables us to combine the most desirable characteristics of the two plants (scion and stock) in its flowers and fruits . </Li> <Li> By grafting method, a very young scion (shoot part of a plant). can be made to flower and produce fruits quite fast when it is grafted to the stock (stem having roots) of a mature plant . </Li>

What are the artificial methods of asexual reproduction in plants