Question

Appearance of vegetative propagules from the nodes of plants such as sugarcane and ginger is mainly because:

• A. Nodes have meristematic cells
• B. Nodes are located near the soil
• C. Nodes are shorter than internodes
• D. Nodes have non-photosynthetic cells

Answer 1

The correct option is A Nodes have meristematic cells

Introduction to vegetative propagation:

A type of asexual reproduction taking place in plants in which a progeny plant is formed from a vegetative structure, commonly referred to as vegetative propagule, is known as vegetative propagation. Examples of vegetative propagules include runner, sucker, rhizome, tuber, bulb, offset etc.

Feature of vegetaive propagule:

Vegetative propagation or reproduction occurs in the leaf, stem and roots of a flowering plant. These plant parts have meristematic cells (ability to actively divide) which form the units of vegetative propagation and are able to produce new progeny.




Final answer:

b. Nodes have meristematic cells