ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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yeast
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carrot
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onion
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sponge
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potato
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Detailed explanation-1: -Potatoes are mainly propagated by vegetative methods (cloning). Potato tubers have nodes or eyes from which the new growth begins. The new stems growing from each eye are called sprouts which giver rise to the new plant. Vegetative seed can be either a whole tuber or a cut tuber.
Detailed explanation-2: -Vegetative propagation is an asexual mode of reproduction in plants. Any part of the plant (other than flower) is involved in vegetative propagation. Example: stem, leaves, roots, etc.
Detailed explanation-3: -The roots bear adventitious buds from which new plants can develop when it is buried in the moist soil. Such roots are called reproductive roots. Potato is propagated by eye of tuber. So, the correct answer is option C.