Question

What type of asexual reproduction is found in onions?

Answer 1

Asexual reproduction:

1. The reproduction in which only a single parent is involved is known as asexual reproduction.
2. No gamete formation occurs during asexual reproduction.

Asexual reproduction in onions:

1. Onions could be grown by the means of vegetative propagation through their bulbs.
2. Vegetative propagation is the mode of reproduction in which a plant propagates through vegetative parts like roots, stem, and leaf.
3. Bulbs are small disc-like stems surrounded by scale leaves.
4. Bulbs are small bulged structures that can propagate into a new plant.
5. The bulb grows with the growth of the radicle and the flag leaves following this the true leaves emerge.
6. Self-propagation is a natural method of asexual reproduction.
7. Onions produce small buds on the surface of the stem from which it grows and matures.