AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A particular peach tree produces peaches that are more resistant to disease than other peaches. What method would reproduce these exact peaches?
A
use bees to pollinate the flowers
B
reproduce by cross-pollination of different peach trees
C
increase the diversity in the peach tree
D
ensure that the peach tree reproduces asexually
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. The method that would produce peaches of exactly the same characteristics would be cloning or vegetative propagation. Cloning the peaches that are more resistant to disease will result in the production of peaches with exactly the same morphological and genetic attributes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Peach tree is generally propagated by asexual reproduction that is vegetative production.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most peach trees are self-pollinating, meaning they have both a male and female reproductive part, allowing more fruit reproduction to occur.

Detailed explanation-4: -Growing a Peach Tree From a Seed The answer lies in the way peach trees reproduce. A peach seed results from the male pollen of one plant combining with the female flower ovule of another plant. The offspring seed will have characteristics of both parents.

Detailed explanation-5: -The diseases that are common on peach and nectarine include peach leaf curl, brown rot, perennial canker, and peach scab. Weather conditions greatly influence both the occurrence and severity of plant diseases.

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