AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

PLANT REPRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Geraniums and carrots can be reproduced asexually by taking a piece of the plant and placing it in soil or other growing media. This is called ____
A
cell culture
B
sexual reproduction
C
bulbs
D
cuttings
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Vegetative propagation by root In some plants, buds are produced at the base of old stem just above the tap root help in vegetative propagation. For example, carrot, sweet potato etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plants have two main types of asexual reproduction: vegetative reproduction and apomixis. Vegetative reproduction results in new plant individuals without the production of seeds or spores. Many different types of roots exhibit vegetative reproduction.

Detailed explanation-3: -vegetative reproduction, any form of asexual reproduction occurring in plants in which a new plant grows from a fragment of the parent plant or grows from a specialized reproductive structure (such as a stolon, rhizome, tuber, corm, or bulb).

Detailed explanation-4: -Asexual reproduction in plants occurs through their vegetative parts such as leaves, roots, stems, and buds. This is called vegetative propagation.

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