AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

PLANT REPRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Strawberries reproduce by sending out runners on top of the soil. Runners look kind of like stems sitting on the ground. This is an example of what?
A
stolons
B
tubers
C
rhizomes
D
bulbs
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Runners and stolons are surface stems characteristic of such plants as strawberries; new plants may form on the runner or stolon as it spreads along the ground. Many of the most prolific weeds have runners or stolons by which they propagate asexually.

Detailed explanation-2: -Runners and daughter plants Strawberry plants reproduce through stolons or “runners.” Runners extend out several inches from the crown, take root in the soil, and produce new plants called “daughter plants.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer by Isha Agarwal. n botany a stolon-also called a runner-is a slender stem that grows horizontally along the ground, giving rise to roots and aerial (vertical) branches at specialized points called nodes. Examples of stolon(runner) plants are strawberries, ginger, mint, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -Strawberry plants can be propagated asexually by allowing plantlets on the ends of stolons ("runners") to grow in soil. But the actual strawberries are the result of sexual reproduction, as they grow from flowers.

Detailed explanation-5: -The common stolon bearing plants are Jasmine, Colocasia, etc.

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