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प्रश्न
Give two suitable examples of vegetative propagation.
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उत्तर
1. Eyes of potato:
The surface of a potato has several buds called eyes. Each of these buds when buried in soil develops into a new plant, which is identical to the parent plant.

2. Leaf buds of Bryophyllum:
The leaves of Bryophyllum plants bear several adventitious buds on their margins. These leaf buds have the ability to grow and develop into tiny plants when the leaves get detached from the plant and come in contact with moist soil.

संबंधित प्रश्न
Distinguish between asexual and sexual reproduction.
Why is vegetative reproduction also considered as a type of asexual reproduction?
Differentiate between a zoospore and a zygote.
Vegetative propagation in Pistia occurs by ______.
______ is not a method of vegetative propagation.
Sugarcane is propagated by ______.
Amoeba and Yeast reproduce asexually by fission and budding respectively, because they are ______.
Is it possible to consider vegetative propagation observed in certain plants like Bryophyllum, water hyacinth, ginger etc., as a type of asexual reproduction? Give two/three reasons.
Although sexual reproduction is a long drawn, energy-intensive complex form of reproduction, many groups of organisms in Kingdom Animalia and Plantae prefer this mode of reproduction. Give atleast three reasons for this.
Given below are two statements.
Statement I - In artificial method of plant propagation like cutting, vegetative part used for propagation contains one or more buds.
Statement II - In artificial method of vegetative propagation like budding, a vegetative part of stem contains only one bud.
In light of the above statements, select the correct option given below.
