Summary

On thurday miss lim teach us, 1.The different ways where plants reproduce from plant part, 2.Recognize that plants can reproduce from various plants parts

-Spores

-Underground stem

-Leaves

-Suckers

Charcteristics of plants reproduce from undergrounf stems

1.It has buds and leaves

2.Leaves are not green

3.They can be scaly and fleshy

eg:

-A sealing wax palm

-A heliconia plant...

(Sucker grow beside of the old plant,it grows up right shoots.)

Reproduce from leaves

1.Some plant like byoplnyllum,reproduce from leaves.Such leaves are usually thick and fleshy.

Characteristics for plants which reproduce from leaves

-Leaves are usually thick and fleshy

-The bud will grow into new plant when mature leaves fall in the ground or the buds.

-Some buds may even start to grow roots while it is still on the leaves.

Advantages of reproduction from plant parts

-This process does not need wind or insects for pollination and dispersal

-No fertilisation is required.

-Desirable or beneficial qualities are passed in to young plants without any change.

Artificial methods of reproduction

-Stem cutting

-Leaves cutting

-Budding

Stem cutting

-Certain plant like the rose,hibiscus,bougainuillea,etc....do not produce seeds because of climatic condition (hight temperatures and heavy rainfall)

-They can be reproduce by aretificial methods like stem cutting

Leaf cutting

-Part leaf cutting

-Whole leaf cutting

Budding

-In budding,the bud from one plant is jioned to another plant called the stock.

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