Papaya is commercially propagated by _______. (RJ ACF Horti. 2018)

✅Explanation: Papaya (Carica papaya) is most commonly propagated by seed. Seeds are readily available, germinate easily, and allow for the production of a large number of plants.

🔑Key Points:

✏️Layering propagation:
-Layering is a method of asexual propagation in which a stem is made to produce roots while still attached to the parent plant. The parent plant provides the new plant with water and nutrients while the roots are forming. Layering can be used for plants that are difficult to propagate using other methods.

✏️Budding propagation:
-​Propagation by budding is a pretty common method of plant propagation, in which a plant bud is grafted onto the stem of a rootstock plant.
-Trees propagated through budding include dogwood, birch, maple, mountain ash, redbud and Ginko.

✏️Grafting propagation:
-Grafting is a method of asexual plant propagation that joins plant parts from different plants together so they will heal and grow as one plant.
-This technique is used to propagate plants that do not root well from cuttings, utilize superior root systems, or maintain clonal production.