DENDROLOGY

DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY

MORPHOLOGY AND IDENTIFICATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Vegetative reproduction of Agave occurs
A
rhizome
B
stolon
C
bulbils
D
sucker
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Agave macroacantha can sexually reproduce by seeds and propagate vegetatively by aerial bulbils and ground-level basal shoots and rhizomes. It forms compact patches apparently generated by the multiplication of ground-level offshoots.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bulbils are the vegetative buds meant for vegetative propagation seen in Agave. Bulbils are small bulb-like structures, in a particular one in the axil of a leaf, which may fall to form a new plant.

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