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Vegetative Reproduction in Angiosperm
Vegetative Reproduction in Angiosperm
It is a process in which a part of the plant body gets detached and develops
in to a new independent plant.
(b) Runners:
These are creeping stems which produce roots at nodes. Runners break at
places and each piece develops into an independent plant, e.g., Cynodon
(doob grass), Oxalis etc. (Fig. 10.5 & 10.6).
(c) Rhizomes:
These are underground, horizontally growing stems. They have prominent
nodes, internodes and axillary buds. Aerial branches sprout from the
axillary buds which get separated from the rhizome and form new plants,
e.g. Zinger
(d) Corm:
It is, in fact, a condensed rhizome that grows in vertical direction. The
axillary buds, present in the axil of scale leaves, produce daughter corms
which later on form new independent plants, e.g., Crocus (Saffron),
Colocasia (Taro) Arisaema etc. (Figs. 10.8 & 10.9).
(e) Tuber:
It is a modification of underground stem. The “eyes” or buds present on the
tuber form new independent plants. Potato (Solarium tuberosum) is the
most common example (Figs. 10.10 & 10.11).
(J) Offset:
It looks like a modification of runner, in being more or less thickened,
prostrate branch with a tuft of leaves at the apex, e.g., Pistia (water lettuce),
Eichornia (water hyacinth). They develop from the base of an old shoot or
crown and after growing horizontally for some distance give rise to new
crowns. They may break and form many independent plants (Fig. 10.12).
1. Cutting:
(a) It is a simple method, in which a suitable part of stem or root
(about 20 to 30 cm long) is cut and it is planted in the soil, along
with some nutrients. This cut part soon develops new roots and
develops into a new plant.
(c) Leaf cutting also used to produce new offspring, in plants like
Sansevieria.