Q. Consider the following: Jasmine Sugarcane Turmeric Which among the above can be propagated by vegetative method?
Answer: 1, 2 & 3
Notes:

1. Jasmine - Jasmine plants can be propagated by cutting or layering, which are vegetative propagation methods. So jasmine can be vegetatively propagated.
2. Sugarcane - Sugarcane is commercially propagated by stem cuttings or sets. This is also a form of vegetative propagation.
3. Turmeric - Turmeric plants are propagated vegetatively by rhizome cuttings. Small pieces of rhizome are used to grow new turmeric plants.

Out of the given three plants - jasmine, sugarcane and turmeric, all three can be propagated by vegetative methods like cutting, layering, stem cuttings or rhizome cuttings.

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