Question

What are the natural methods of reproduction in plants?

Answer 1

There are two types of natural methods of reproduction in plants.

(i) Sexual reproduction is the process by which two parent plants give rise to a new plant. The new plant formed has characteristics of both the parent plants.

(ii) Asexual reproduction is the process by which a single parent plant gives rise to a new plant which is exactly identical to the parent plant. It involves vegetative reproduction. It is of two types:

• Natural vegetative propagation

• Artificial vegetative propagation