Discussion
__(A)__ is a technique of vegetative propagation in which a part of the stem or a young branch of a plant is pulled and buried in moist soil, such that the branch is still attached to the Parent Plant. After some time, roots develop in the buried part and it grows into a new plant. __(B)__ is an example of plant usually grown through this technique.
(A) and (B) respectively are :
Answer: A
(A) and (B) are Layering, Jasmine.
In layering, a branch is bent down and covered with moist soil while still attached to the parent plant; once roots form, it is cut off as a new plant. Jasmine is a common example.
Cutting uses a piece of stem detached from the plant, and potato is grown from tubers, not cuttings. Grafting joins a cutting to a rooted plant, and budding in Hydra is asexual reproduction in an animal, not vegetative propagation of a plant.
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