Vegetative Propagation

What is meant by Layering?? State it's 2 types and define it and also what is the difference between the two??? ??

Is asexual reproduction seen in hermaphrodites?

What are the advantages of artificial vegetative propagation?

Mention the disadvantages of vegetative propagation.

The offspring produced from asexual reproduction is ______ of the parent.

1. different

2. slightly similar

3. exact copy

4. none of these

Which of the following propagates through leaf tip?

1. Marchantia

2. Moss

3. Walking fern

4. Sprout-leaf plant

What happens when a leaf of Bryophyllum falls on a moist soil?

1. i- B; ii - C; iii - A
2. i- B; ii - A; iii - C
3. i- A; ii - C; iii - B
4. i- C; ii - B; iii - A

Which of the following uses asexual mode of reproduction?

1. Amoeba

2. Planaria

3. Bryophyllum

The fleshly receptacle of syconus of fig encloses a number of

1. Berries

2. Samaras

3. Achenes

4. Mericarps

Identify the vegetative parts of a plant.

1. roots, stigma, petals, leaves and stems

2. roots, fruit, ovary, leaves, and petiole

3. stems, leaves, roots, leaflets, and nodes

4. stems, leaves, stamens, anther, and sepals

Which of the following statements is true about vegetative propagation?

1. Offsprings are genetic clones of their parent plants

2. Vegetative reproduction produces more variation in the offspring

3. Genetic instability is common in vegetative propogation.

4. Offspring of vegetative propogation produce less yield than the parent plants.

Potato is grown from

1. Cutting of aerial stem

2. Cutting of tuber having depression

3. Cutting of tuber without depression

4. Cutting of roots

Which of the following is/are asexual modes of reproduction in plants?

I: Pollination

II: Vegetative propagation

III: Fragmentation

IV: Spore formation

1. I, II, III and IV

2. II, III and IV

3. I and III

4. II and III

Write a short note on vegetative propagation by leaves?

Micropropagation is a technique in which:

1. 1-T ; 2-S; 3-L, S ; 4-T, S ; 5-L

2. 1-L ; 2-S, L; 3-L, S ; 4-T, S ; 5-L, T

3. 1-S ; 2-S; 3-L, S ; 4-T, S ; 5-T

4. 1-L ; 2-S; 3-T, S ; 4-T ; 5-L

Potato is a ________

1. Sucker

2. Root

3. Tuber

4. Rhizome

The vegetative propagation technique in which the lower branch of a stem is bent and burried under the soil, while the growing shoot projects out of it is called:

1. Layering

2. Cutting

3. Budding

4. Grafting

Fill in the blank with a suitable term:

Clones are formed as a result of_________reproduction.

Asparagus can be vegetatively propagated by the stem.

Asparagus has unbranched swollen, underground stem having circular nodes that have buds for growth of daughter plants.

1. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
2. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
3. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
4. Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

1. Potato
2. Agave
3. Bryophyllum
4. Cactus

Grafting is a type of ____.

1. artificial reproduction

2. sexual reproduction

3. pollination

4. germination

1. (ii) and (iii)
2. (i) and (iv)
3. (i), (ii), and (iv)
4. (i), (ii), and (iii)

1. Mango.
2. Jasmine.
3. Both A and C.
4. Rose.