AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The potato plant undergoes asexual reproduction via vegetative propagation. Vegetative propagation is the reproduction process in which new plant offspring can be formed from vegetative parts of the plant like roots, stems, and leaves. Potato contains small eyes/tubers that give rise to leaves in them.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vegetative Propagation Asexual reproduction in plants occurs through their vegetative parts such as leaves, roots, stems, and buds. This is called vegetative propagation. For example, potato tubers, runners/stolon, onion bulbs, etc., all reproduce through vegetative propagation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Asexual plant propagation methods produce new plants from vegetative parts of the original plant, such as the leaves, stems and roots. These methods are generally referred to as vegetative propagation.

Detailed explanation-4: -One major advantage of asexual propagation is maintaining the exact genetic characteristics of the parent plant. A disadvantage of the lack of genetic variation in asexually reproduced plantings is that all the plants share the same susceptibility to pests and disease.