SCIENCE FOLIO :

VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION

Name : HAZIQATULHANIS IBRAHIM

College No : 09112

Introduction
 Vegetative reproduction is asexual reproduction of
plants .

 Vegetative reproduction does not rely on seeds and

spores to reproduce .
Information

(a) Natural methods

(i) Leaf
 In some plants like Bryophyllum (sprout leaf plant)
the leaf has many buds on its margins. A new plant
arises from these buds when the leaf falls on the
moist soil. This is known as vegetative propagation
by leaves.

(ii) Rhizome
The Rhizome is a modified underground stem
serving as an organ of vegetative reproduction .

(iii) Tuber
 The swollen ends of underground stems . New shoot
sprout out from axillary buds

(iv) Bulb
A short, modified, underground stem surrounded by
usually fleshy modified leaves that contain stored
food for the shoot within.

(v) Corm
 A short, thick, solid, food-storing underground
stem, sometimes bearing papery scale leaves .

(vi) Sucker
Sucker is the reproduction or regeneration of a
plant by shoots that arise from an existing root
system.

(vii) Runner
A slender, creeping stem that puts forth roots from
nodes spaced at intervals along its length . The
runner bears roots and becomes independent before
the parent plant die.
(b) Artificial methods

(i) Stem cutting

 A cutting that includes one or more nodes and
internodes, taken from the stem of a plant but not
including its apex or tip, used for propagation.

(ii) Marcotting
Marcotting is a means of plant propagation in which
a portion of an aerial stem grows roots while still
attached to the parent plant and then detaches as
an independent plant.

(iii) Tissue culture

The technique or process of keeping tissue alive and
growing in a culture medium.
(c) Application Of Artificial Methods
 CLEFT GRAFT

A piece of stem with buds is

inserted into a slot cut in a
rootstock

BUD GRAFT
A ‘T’ slit is made in the bark of
the stock and the bud with its
own piece of bark is slipped
inside .
In both cases the graft is held in
place with tape or twine and the
wound covered with grease to
exclude fungi and reduce
evaporation

(c) Advantages and Disadvantages Of

Vegetative Reproduction
Advantages :

 Does not require any polen and partner to reproduce .

 Good way of producing large quantities of offspring rapidly and

easily.

 Can produce combination of traits.

Disadvantages :

 The parent plant and the daughter will grow to close to each other.

 Competition amongst the gathering of nutrients from soil and

sunlight.

Discussions
 The advantages and disadvantages of
vegetative reproduction.

 Types of vegetative reproduction .

Conclusion
 The types of vegetative reproduction is :

- leaf

- rhizome

- tuber

- runner

- bulb

- corm

- sucker

- stem cutting

- marcotting

- tissue culture

References
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