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A slender, prostrate subaerial branch of the stem which creeps along the ground helping in vegetative reproduction is

Updated On: Jul 18, 2024
  • stolon
  • sucker
  • runner
  • offset
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Runner is a slender, prostrate, subaerial branch that creeps horizontally on the soil. It develops from the lower axillary bud of stem and is thin elongated cylindrical structure with long intemodes. When the intemodes break due to rotting or by any other reason, the nodes with adventitious roots develop into daughter plants. E.g., Oxalis, Cynodon.
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Concepts Used:

Reproduction

The term reproduction is a biological process that means to reproduce. It is a process by which an organism reproduces an offspring that is biologically similar or identical to its parents. Reproduction accredits and ensures the continuity of species, generation after generation, and is the main character of life on earth. 

Types of Reproduction:

There are two types of reproduction such as:

Asexual Reproduction:

It is the production an offspring by a single parent beyond the formation and fusion of gametes. The young one obtains all its genes from one parent, so are identical.

Sexual Reproduction:

Sexual reproduction is mostly biparental, includes the formation of meiosis gamete usually fertilization also, instigates genetic variation in the offspring, and plays a role in the evolution of species, found in higher plants and animals.