18 Questions
What type of vegetative reproduction involves the production of new plants from any vegetative part of the plant except seed?
Stem cuttings
Which of the following is a vegetative part that can be used for reproduction in higher plants and gives rise to new plants?
Rhizome
When separated from the mother plant, what can bulbils develop into independently?
Young plants
Which of the following structures, found in plants, can lead to the production of genetically identical offspring?
Bulbs
What primary or secondary meristems facilitate the active cell division required for the formation of new plants from vegetative parts?
Bulbils
In vegetative reproduction, what part of the plant often grows horizontally underground and produces offspring plants that develop their root systems?
Rhizome
What type of stem is responsible for the vegetative reproduction in mint?
Sucker
What is the term for underground stems that produce new plants, such as in ginger?
Rhizome
What is the term for a short, swollen underground stem that produces new plants, such as in potato?
Tuber
Which of the following plants produces bulbils, small tufts that fall on the ground and grow into new plants?
Pineapple
What type of plant structure is responsible for vegetative reproduction in Bryophyllum?
Adventitious buds
What is the term for a short, swollen underground stem that produces new plants, such as in arvi?
Corm
What type of vegetative propagation involves a swollen, underground stem?
Rhizome
Which plant structure has a compressed stem axis with concentric layers of modified leaves?
Rhizome
What is the term used for vegetative propagation involving small bulb-like structures that grow on the leaves and aerial stems of the parent plant?
Bulbils
Which type of vegetative propagation involves a short, vertical underground stem?
Corm
What is the term for a specialized underground structure used for vegetative propagation that is made up of a swollen, underground stem with nodes and internodes?
Rhizome
What type of vegetative propagation involves small, round bulb-like structures that grow in leaf axils or under leaves?
Bulbils
Test your knowledge on different types of stems like runners, stolon, rhizome, and bulbs, as well as the process of vegetative reproduction through leaf adventitious buds. Explore examples such as lawn grasses, mint, ginger, potato, arvi, onion, and Bryophyllum.
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