zz Explore various ways that plants may reproduce asexually.
Describe artificial methods of asexual reproduction in plants practised in agriculture and horticulture.
Reproduction is the ability to produce new individuals of the same species. It ensures that a species will continue into future generations.
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Asexual reproduction Sexual reproduction
Most plants can reproduce both ways. For example, strawberries can reproduce asexually by producing runners but can also reproduce sexually using their flowers.
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Fig. 7.3.1 Strawberry plants reproduce asexually through their runners
Asexual Reproduction Only one parent is involved.
In asexual reproduction: zz
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No gametes are produced and no fertilisation takes place.
New individuals are clones that are genetically identical to each other and to the parent plant.
Asexual reproduction in plants may happen naturally or artificially. 116 116
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Fig. 7.3.2
Strawberries also reproduce sexually through their flowers
