Question

Observe the following figure and answer the following questions.

(a) Which type of vegetative propagation has been shown in this figure?

(b) Name two plants where this method of vegetative reproduction takes place.

(c) Is this a sexual or asexual mode of reproduction?

(d) Label the part (A) and (B) in the given figure.​

Answer 1

Required Answers:-

(a) Which type of vegetative propagation has been shown in this figure?

• The above method of vegetative propagation is known as Grafting.
• It is a technique of joining the shoot system of one plant to root system of another plant to form a composite and desired one.
• It cannot be performed in monocot because of absence of vascular cambium.

(b) Name two plants where this method of vegetative reproduction takes place.

Plants where this method is popular are:-

• Sweet orange
• Apple
• Grape fruit
• Orchids.

(c) Is this a sexual or asexual mode of reproduction?

• This is a mode of asexual reproduction or more precisely vegetative propagation.
• Because vegetative parts are used to produce the new individual. Only one parent is involved$.$

(d) Label the part (A) and (B) in the given figure.

• A - Stock (Shoot system)
• B - Scion (Root system)

Answer 2

Required solution -

Observe the above figure and answer the following questions.

(a) Which type of vegetative propagation has been shown in this figure?

• The vegetation that is shown in the above figure is grafting.

• Grafting is a technique that joins two plants into one. Now it is mostly done in fruits.

(b) Name two plants where this method of vegetative reproduction takes place.

• Two plants where this method of vegetative reproduction takes place are given as - Apples, Grapes etc.

(c) Is this a sexual or asexual mode of reproduction?

• It is asexual mode of reproduction.

• Asexual reproduction is that type of reproduction in which the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes are not involved.

(d) Label the part (A) and (B) in the given figure.

• In the figure part (A) represent shoot system of the plant.
• In the figure part (B) represent root system of the plant.