SOFIA JOY L. TAGUIAM MS. PAULA MAE S.

BUYAYO
GRADE 11 ABM EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCES

ACTIVITY NO. 1

Characteristics to be Apomixis Vegetative Propagation

observed
Description It is the type of asexual It involves plant parts
reproduction that that produces buds from
produces seeds without specialized parts and
fertilization. Apomixis grow into a new plant.
came form the word This involves two
"Apo" meaning away processes called
from and "mixis" fragmentation and
meaning act of mixing or regeneration.
mingling.
Mechanism This was experimentally It occurs when an
confirmed simply by axillary bud grows into a
cutting off the upper half lateral shoot and
of unopened flower buds develops its own roots
with a razor that the (also known as
others stigma and most adventitious roots). Plant
of the corolia were structures allowing
removed. natural vegetative
propagation include
bulbs, rhizomes, stolons
and tubers.

Example • Poa Pratensis • Ginger Rhizome

• Cenchrus Cillaris • Potato and Turnip
• Adventice Embryony • Onion bulb
Advantage Apomixis offspring are It produces identical
genetically identical to quality as the parent.
the mother plant. Plants that do not have
Therefore if apomixis viable seed, can be
can be introduced in reproduced. Flowers
crop plants, it would produced are of superior
provide an inexpensive quality. Desirable
way to perpetuate a character of fruit can be
given genotype maintained.
preserving such
characters as heterosis
through successive seed
generations.
 Apomixis Similarities of the two Vegetative Propagation
Apomixis is the process Both apomixis and Vegetative propagation is
of production of new vegetative reproduction the production of the
plants or seeds without produces progeny identical new plant from the
fertilization. to parent. vegetative part of the
In the fertilization parent plant. In this
process, the process, progeny that
recombination of genetic produces is identical to
material takes place. the parent as there is
As in apomixis, there is no recombination of
no fertilization so no genetic material.
recombination also and
hence produces identical
progenies.