If a horticulturist breeding gardenias succeeds in having a single plant with a particularly desirable set of traits, which of the following would be her most probable and efficient route to establishing a line of such plants?

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Cloning the plant asexually (such as through tissue culture or cuttings) would produce an identical plant with the desired traits, ensuring a consistent line of plants with those traits. Breeding with another plant could dilute the desired traits, whereas self-pollination may not produce identical offspring with the same desirable traits. Adding nitrogen to the soil would not necessarily ensure that the desired traits continue. Backtracking through previous experiments could be time-consuming and inefficient.

If a Horticulturist Breeding Gardenias Succeeds in Having a Single