ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS

In natural vegetative propagation, which of the following structures are most likely to give

rise to new individuals: (a) stems, (b) roots, (c) buds, (d) leaves, (e) flowers?

The drawing shows a plant which reproduces vegetatively.

assignment

(a) What will need to happen before shoots A – C become independent plants?

(b) How might a gardener assist this process?

(c) What name is given to the horizontal stem in this kind of propagation?

(d) Name a commercially grown fruit whose plants are propagated in this way

What name is given to the population of genetically identical offspring which result from a

process of asexual (vegetative) reproduction?

Which structures of a flowering plant give rise to (a) potatoes, (b) the fleshy scales of an onion?

In the process of tissue culture in plants, what is needed to induce the formation of a complete plant, in addition to a growth medium with nutrients?

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