HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

FRUIT SCIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Banana reproduces through its ____
A
bud
B
root
C
stem
D
seed
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Banana reproduces exclusively by forming rhizome. Rhizome is a modified subterranean stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bananas, reproduce via vegetative propagation( i.e. vegetative parts of a plant such as a root, stem, etc., are capable of producing new plants). In bananas, asexual reproduction occurs by employing vegetative propagation from the stem.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bananas have a false stem (called pseudostem), which is made by the lower part of the leaves. This pseudostem can grow to be two to eight metres tall. Each pseudostem grows from a corm.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fruit. The banana fruits grow from a banana blossom in hanging clusters, also called a bunch or banana stem. The fruits grow in rows called tiers or hands. There can be as many as twenty fruits to a hand, and as many as twenty tiers in a bunch.

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