Question

Match the following plants with their vegetative propagules.

• A. Suckers
• B. Runners
• C. Tubers
• D. Rhizomes

Answer 1

Grass have runners. Runners are stems that grow horizontally above the ground. They have nodes where buds are present. These buds grow into a new plant. Similarly, potato have stem tubers. Ginger reproduces asexually by rhizomes. Mint have suckers from which new plants are formed.