Production of new plants by any asexual method. cf. asexual reproduction.
A sexual reproduction by detachment of some part of the plant, rather than by specialised sexual reproductive organs.
This is effectively plant cloning! Many plants reproduce themselves both sexually, using flowers, pollen, spores, gametophytes and sporophytes and so on. However, this takes a lot of energy, needs certain conditions and may be something a plant only does once a year - or even once a lifetime. Vegetative reproduction can be carried out at any time by a plant. Specialised structures may be grown by the parent plant that, when broken off or carried away, will grow into complete plants; a good example is the strawberry plant that throws out lots of tiny plantlets on long runners. These are fed by the parent plant until they have touched soil and begun to develop their own root system. The link to the parent plant then decays, leaving the new plant to survive on its own. These new plants are genetically identical to the parent, just as a clone would be.
(Also called vegetative propagation.) A reproductive process that is asexual and so does not involve a recombination of genetic material. It involves unspecialized plant parts which may become reproductive structures (such as roots, stems, or leaves). Compared with sexual reproduction, it represents a savings of material and energy for the plant. It is especially common among grasses. [Go to source
methods of propagation in plants which do not involve sexual reproduction. Examples: Geranium cuttings or newly formed spider plants
development of a new individual from a non-sexual part of the plant such as from a leaf, stem or rhizome. References Fasset, N. C. 1957. A Manual Of Aquatic Plants. Univ. of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI. Fernald, M. L. 1950. Gray's Manual Of Botany, eighth edition. D. Van Nostrand Co., New York, NY. Larson, G. E. 1993. The Aquatic And Wetland Vascular Plants Of The Northern Great Plains. U.S. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-238. U.S.D.A Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. Fort Collins, CO. 681 p. Rogers, D. J. 1980. Edible, Medicinal, Useful And Poisonous Wild Plants Of The Northern Great Plains -- South Dakota Region. Little Sioux Press, St. Francis, SD Sculthorpe, C. D. 1967. The Biology Of Aquatic Vascular Plants. Edward Arnold Ltd., London. Shay, J. M. and C. T. Shay. 1986. Prairie Marshes In Western Canada, With Specific Reference To The Ecology Of Five Emergent Macrophytes. Canadian Journal of Botany 64: 443-454. Swanson, G. A. & H. F. Duebbert. 1989. Wetland Habitats Of Waterfowl In The Prairie Pothole Region. Pp. 228-267 In Northern Prairie Wetlands. A. Van Der Valk, ed. Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames, IA.
See vegetative propagation.
This occurs when a plant produces another plant, either through a rhizome, or root, or structure such as a bulb, tuber, or corm. This differs from sexual reproduction, which occurs through flowers and seeds.
Asexual reproduction in plants through the detachment of some part of the vegetative plant body.
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reproduction via means other than sexual. Unless a mutation occurs, each generation of new plants is identical to the parent plant genetically
Asexual reproduction. ( 20)
Vegetative reproduction is a type of asexual reproduction found in plants also called vegetative propagation or vegetative multiplication. It is a process by which new plant "individuals" arise or are obtained without production of seeds or spores. It is both a natural process in many plant species (including organisms that may or may not be considered "plants", such as bacteria and fungi) and one utilized or encouraged by horticulturists to obtain quantities of economically valuable plants.
