Question

In plants, certain structures such as runner, rhizome, sucker, tuber, offset, bulb are all capable of giving rise to new offspring. These structures are called

• A. vegetative propagules
  
• B. adventitious buds
  
• C. grafts
  
• D. clones
  

Answer 1

The correct option is A vegetative propagules


Clones
Clones are organisms that are genetically and morphologically identical to each other.

Asexual reproduction results in formation of clones that are identical to each other and the parent.

Grafts
Grafting is a technique in which stems of 2 different plants, one with root (stock) and other without roots (scions) are joined together in such a way that they unite and grow as one plant.
A graft is formed when the scion and the stock are joined together.

Vegetative propagules
Vegetative propagules are the structures present on the vegetative parts of the plant which have the ability to give rise to a new plant.
Examples are runner, rhizome, sucker, tuber, offset, and bulb which are modified stems that give rise to new plants.

Adventitious buds
Buds which do not arise from the leaf axil, shoot tip or apex of the plant but grow from elsewhere on the plant like roots, leaves, etc., are called adventitious buds.

Final answer
(c) Vegetative propagules