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The reproduction function

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ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN
PLANTS

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Budding
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Bud formation or vegetative reproduction
• Many plants can create new plants through buds, which are
groups of cells protected by a waterproof covering.

• Buds can form in a number of places:

Near the surface,

tuber-type stems
Underground, (potatoes, for
bulb-type stems example)
(onions, for
example)

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Budding
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Bud formation or vegetative reproduction
On aerial stems (for example,
the stolons of a strawberry
plant)

On underground,
rhizome-type stems
(this happens in irises)

On the underside of leaves

(a feature of bulblet ferns)

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Fragmentation using cuttings in gardering
• This method involves cutting a piece of the stem with buds from the
mother plant (this is called a cutting). The cutting is then placed in soil
or water until it grows roots, resulting in a new plant.

2: The cutting is
placed in soil and
1: A small part develops roots,
of the stem forming a new
with buds is cut plant.
from the
mother plant
(a cutting).

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