Explain vegetative reproduction in higher plants. -Biology

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Description : The seeds of certain plants fail to germinate if they do not pass through the digestive tract of fruit-eating birds. This is due to - (1) hibernation (2) seed coat impermeability (3) infertility (4) vegetative reproduction

Last Answer : (2) seed coat impermeability Explanation: A dormant seed is one that is unable to germinate in a specified period of time under a combination of environmental factors that are ... to prevent germination during unsuitable ecological conditions, but the probability of seedling survival is low.

Description : Reproduction of plants through seeds are also called: a. Asexual propagation b. Vegetative propagation c. Sexual propagation d. Tissue culture

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Description : Advantages of Artificial Methods of Vegetative Reproduction include a) Crops with better quality b) Crops with more yield c) Ability to produce plants with desirable qualities d) All of these 

Last Answer : c) Ability to produce plants with desirable qualities 

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Last Answer : Unlike sexual reproduction, vegetative reproduction: produces offspring by mitosis.

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Description : Bulbils takes part in - (1) Sexual reproduction (2) Vegetative reproduction (3) Food storage (4) Respiration

Last Answer : (2) Vegetative reproduction Explanation: Bulbil is a small bulblike organ of vegetative re-production growing in leaf axils or on flower stalks of plants such as the onion and tiger lily. It is a ... from the parent plant on to the ground, give out adventitious roots and develop into new plants.

Description : Mendel's principles of inheritance are based on – (1) Vegetative reproduction (2) Asexual reproduction (3) Sexual reproduction (4) All of the above

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Description : Eyes of potato are useful for - (1) Nutrition (2) Respiration (3) Reproduction (4) Vegetative propagation

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Description : Write short notes on leaves that help in vegetative reproduction

Last Answer : Ans: Leaves which have epiphyllous buds help in vegetative reproduction. Such leaves are called as reproductive leaves. In Bryophyllum, notches of leaf margins have epiphyllous buds which upon shedding strike ... buds arise at the leaf tip and in Begonia from the wounded regions of leaf.  

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Last Answer : a) natural vegetative propagation

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Last Answer : Vegetative reproduction

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Description : Write down the advantages and disadvantages of vegetative propagation in plants?

Last Answer : Advantages: - i) Young plant uses the food resources from parent plant during development. ii) Only one parent plant is involved. iii) Good and desired characters are transmitted to ... and environment. iv) Colonization is unlikely. Thus plants are not widely distributed. 

Description : What are artificial methods of vegetative propagation in flowering plants? 

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Description : What are natural methods of vegetative propagation in flowering plants? 

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Description : Which one of the following statements is wrong? (a) When pollen is shed at two-celled stage, double fertilisation does not take place. (b) Vegetative cell is larger than generative cell. (c) Pollen grains in some plants remain viable for months. (d) Intine is made up of cellulose and pectin.

Last Answer : (a) When pollen is shed at two-celled stage, double fertilisation does not take place.

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Last Answer : c)When pollen is shed at two-celled state, double fertilization does not take place

Description : Name the sub-aerial stem modification seen in free floating aquatic plants. How does it help in vegetative propagation? 

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