NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -It is also called a runner. It is a slender stem that grows horizontally along the ground, giving rise to aerial branches and roots at specialized points called nodes. Many types of grasses, strawberry, and colocasia are propagated by runners.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cuttings involve rooting a severed piece of the parent plant; layering involves rooting a part of the parent and then severing it; and budding and grafting is joining two plant parts from different varieties.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are two primary forms of plant propagation: sexual and asexual. In nature, propagation of plants most often involves sexual reproduction, or the production of viable seeds. When exposed to proper environmental conditions, these seeds germinate and grow into mature, reproductive plants.