Question

What is vegetative propagation? Is this process sexual or asexual? Justify your answer.

Answer 1

Vegetative propagation: Vegetative propagation is a type of asexual reproduction in plants where new plants are produced from vegetative parts of the parent plant, such as stems, roots, leaves, or buds. It does not involve the fusion of gametes (sperm and egg).

Sexual or asexual? Vegetative propagation is an asexual process because it involves the development of a new plant from a single parent plant without the involvement of seeds or sexual reproduction. The offspring are genetically identical to the parent plant (clones).