Question

What are the units of vegetative propagation in plants?

Answer 1

Vegetative propagation:

1. Vegetative propagation is a type of asexual reproduction that occurs in plants
2. In vegetative propagation, the reproduction occurs through the vegetative part which includes roots, leaves, stems, and other vegetative parts of plants.
3. Vegetative propagation can be done from a single plant or its parts for the propagation artificially or naturally.

Vegetative parts:

1. The parts of plant through which vegetative propagation occurs are known as vegetative parts.
2. Vegetative parts are leaves, roots, and stems.
3. These parts are not directly involved in sexual reproduction and do not produce any type of spores or reproductive structures.

Units of vegetative propagation of plants are:

Bulbs:

1. Bulbs are the small bulged structures that can propagate into a new plant.
2. Example: Daffodils, Tulips.

Suckers:

1. Suckers arise from roots or stems with a bud-like structure on their tip region later they get separated and grow into a new plant.
2. Example: Banana, Apples.

Runners:

1. Runners are the horizontal stem-like structures that will be touching the soil with leaves on it arising from the stem.
2. Example: Cyanodon, Mint.

Rhizomes:

1. Rhizomes arise from the root also called root-like, this will be at underground or ground level that later develops into a new plant.
2. Example: Ginger, Bamboo.