REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS

REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS

There are 2 types of reproduction in plants:

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

 

1. FROM ROOTS

Some plants store food in their roots, so the new plants can grow from the roots of these plants. For example – carrot, raddish, beetroot, turnip, dahlia.

 

2. FROM STEMS

Some plants like potatoes have buds called eyes on their surface. A bud can grow into a new plant. Some plants like Rose, Hibiscus and Money Plant can grow a new plant with their stem cutting.         

 

3. FROM LEAVES

Some leaves like Bryophyllum have buds on their margins. When these leaves fall down on a moist soil the bud  can grow into a new plant.

In this mode of reproduction, plants can give rise to new plants without the involvement of male and female reproductive parts. In this mode, plants do not produce fruits and seeds.

The process in which new plants are grown from the parts of the plant other than seed is called vegetative reproduction.

Fungi, protozoa, algae and mushrooms reproduce through spores.

 

 

 

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Even though some plants reproduce asexually, the majority of the flowering plants reproduce sexually.

The major steps involved are: