Plant

Reproduction
LESSON 3
 Plant
Characteristics
1. Plants are multicellular
eukaryotes.
2. Plants also have specialized
reproductive organs.
3. Almost all plants make food by
photosynthesis.
4. Plants reproduce both sexually
and asexually
5. Plants may or may not produce
seed.
 Some plants have
seeds but others do
not. Do you know how
plants with seeds and
without seeds
reproduce?
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 Seedless
Plants

Moss
Fern
MOSS
Found growing in damp or wet
areas
A nonvascular plant that grows
on soil, bark of trees, and
rocks.
It does not have vascular
tissue that move materials from
on part to another.
It has no true roots, stem, or
leaves
It undergoes sporophyte stage
(produces spores) and
gametophyte stage (produces
sperm and egg cell).
LIFE CYCLE OF
A MOSS PLANT
FERN
Seedless vascular plant that
help form soil
Have underground stem
(rhizomes) that produce roots,
and leaves called (fronds)
Needs water to transport sperm
cell to the egg cell.
SEED PLANTS
Vascular plants that produce seeds.
The most common land plant.
They have tissue that deliver needed materials
throughout a plant.
They are divided into Gymnosperm and
Angiosperm
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HOW ARE PLANTS

CLASSIFIED?
Gymnosperm - non-flowering
plants that produces seed
with no outer covering.
Angiosperm - flowering plants
that produces seeds with
outer covering.
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GYMNOSPERM
produces their seeds in cones
conifers are the largest group of these
plants
LIFE CYCLE OF
A CONIFER
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ANGIOSPERM
vascular plants that produce flowers and
fruits.
flowers contain plant's reproductive organ.
 PARTS OF A
TYPICAL FLOWER
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Stamen: This is the male reproductive organ of a

flower. It consists of two parts namely: anther
and filaments.
1. Anther is involved in producing and storing the
pollens.
2. Filament supports the anther.
Pistil: This is the female reproductive organ of
a flower which comprises three parts -stigma,
style and ovary.
3. Stigma: It produces a sticky material that traps
the pollen grain.
4. Style: It supports the stigma.
5. Ovary: It contains the ovules. It is the part of
the plant where the seed formation takes place.
6. Ovule : It contains the ovum or the egg.
7. Petal : It is intended to attract pollinators.
8. Sepal: It enclose the flower before it opens.
9. Receptacle: The part of a flower stalk where the
parts of the flower are attached.
LIFE CYCLE OF A FLOWERING PLANT
Pollination happens
when pollen grains
transfer from anther of
the stamen to the stigma
of pistil.
Fertilization occurs
when a sperm fuses with
an ovum to form a
zygote.
Seed Dispersal happens
when seeds are
transported to new sites
for germination and the
establishment of new
individuals. Wind,
water, animals and
humans help disperse
seeds.
GERMINATION
Germination is the growth of a young plant
from seed. It begins when waters enters
the seed.

Seed coat is the outer covering of a seed

Radicle (primary root) is the first organ to
appear when a seed germinates.
Cotyledons are the young leaves inside the
seed
Hypocotyl is the stem of a germinating
seedling, found between the
cotyledons and radicle (root).
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
OF PLANTS
Asexual reproduction of plants is also called
vegetative propagation which creates new organisms
that are genetically identical to the parent plant.
TYPES OF VEGETATIVE
PROPAGATION
1. natural vegetative propagation.
2. artificial vegetative propagation.
NATURAL VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION
plants form new plants from a portion of their roots,
stem, or leaves.

Example: garlic, onion, ginger, potato, and

strawberry.
ARTICIFIAL VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION
It is used by plant breeders or farmers to produce new
plants faster.

Methods of Artificial Propagation:

1. Grafting
2. cutting
3. Marcotting