Ria went to a plant nursery with her mother. The gardner approached them and asked about their choice of plant. Ria’s mother wanted a flowering plant with fragrance. Gardner showed them a plant and told them that this variety has been prepared by a method of vegetative propagation of stems.
Ria grew curious and asked some questions to gardner.
(a) What is vegetative propagation?
(b) What are methods of producing new plants using stem?
(c) Name any two plants where this method of reproduction is used. Is this a asexual or sexual method?
(d) What values do you observe in Ria? [Value Based Question]
Answers
Answer:
(a) Vegetative propagation is the mode of asexual reproduction in which the parent plant gives rise to new plants through vegetative parts such as roots, stems and leaves.
(b) The methods of producing new plants using stem are: tubers, rhizomes, bulbs and sub-aerial stems (runners).
(c) Potato and ginger reproduce through this method. This is an asexual method.
(d) Curious
Answer:
(a) Vegetative propagation is the mode of asexual reproduction in which the parent plant gives rise to new plants through vegetative parts such as roots, stems and leaves.
(b) The methods of producing new plants using stem are: tubers, rhizomes, bulbs and sub-aerial stems (runners).
(c) Potato and ginger reproduce through this method. This is an asexual method.
(d) Curious