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Do the small plants emerge from the buds (called eyes) of the potato tuber, and from the rhizomes of banana, and ginger?

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1: Introduction to vegetative reproduction
It is 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. Examples of vegetative propagules include runner, sucker, rhizome, tuber, bulb, offset etc.

2: Emergence of plantlets from vegetative propagules
Tubers of potatoes and rhizomes of banana and ginger are the vegetative propagules from where the new plants originate.

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