DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
MORPHOLOGY AND IDENTIFICATION
Question
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runner
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offset
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rhizome
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sucker
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Detailed explanation-1: -In mint, vegetative propagation occurs via sucker. Sucker is the soft slender branch that arises from the base of the shoot. It grows horizontally and rises above the soil to form new plants.
Detailed explanation-2: -It propagates by pollination (method of reproduction of flowering plants, mainly thanks to insects such as bees), but also through rhizomes, the horizontal root-type structure containing food reserves. These rhizomes grow underground, with stems appearing above ground at regular intervals.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the strawberry (Fragaria; Rosaceae), the stolons are used for propagation: buds appear at nodes along the stolons and develop into new strawberry plants. 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.