BOTANY

BOTANY

PLANT PROPAGATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Rhizomes have swellings that develop buds that turn into new plants. These are called
A
eyes
B
buds
C
nodes
D
cats
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The rhizomes have swellings from which the buds are produced. These buds later develop into new plants. The swelling from which the buds develops is known as nodes. The portion in between two nodes is called the inter-nodes.

Detailed explanation-2: -A rhizome is a segmented, subterranean, modified stem arising from an adventitious bud in the crown zone. Rhizomes may occur on cool and warm season grasses and may be determinate or indeterminate. Determinate rhizomes are short and turn upward to form a new aerial shoot (rhizome daughter plant).

Detailed explanation-3: -A rhizome is a type of stem modification where the adventitious roots are developed from the underground stem and those roots run along the ground and they come out which further develops into a new individual plant. This type of stem modification is seen in plants such as ginger, turmeric.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rhizomes are root-like stems that grow horizontally under the ground. New roots and shoots form at the nodes with shoots growing upwards to form new plantlets.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nodes on the stem mark the point from where the branches and the leaves emerge. While in some plants the nodes may help in vegetative propagation, the most important role of nodes is the leaf formation.

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