EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Asexual propagation involves taking a part of one parent plant and causing it to regenerate itself into a new plant. The resulting new plant is genetically identical its parent. Asexual propagation involves the vegetative parts of a plant: stems, roots, or leaves.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plants that are able to propagate by asexual means produce genetically identical plants that are clones. Clones have been commonplace in horticulture since ancient times; many varieties of plants are cloned simply by obtaining cuttings of their leaves, stems, or roots and replanting them.

Detailed explanation-3: -Asexual reproduction produces plants that are genetically identical to the parent plant because no mixing of male and female gametes takes place.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plants, like other sexual organisms, inherit a matching set of chromosomes from each parent. In order to transmit a favorable trait, such as pest or drought resistance, to all their offspring, the plant would have to carry the same genetic variant on each chromosome.

Detailed explanation-5: -Plants produced by vegetative propagation are exact copies of their parent. This is a type of asexual reproduction. Such plants also take less time to grow and mature, that is, they bear fruits faster than those produced by sexual reproduction.