UNIT 1 MODULE 3 : VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION

CAPE BIOLOGY
OBJECTIVE

 Discuss examples of asexual reproduction in

plants e.g. ginger, meristems, hormone
stimulation.
VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION

DEFINITION
The formation of new plants from the outgrowth
of old ones.
 This outgrowth separates from the parent plant.
 It can occur naturally but it is exploited in
agriculture to propagate crop plants – this is
known as artificial propagation.
 Vegetative propagation can occur in a number
of organs
PERENNATING ORGANS

These are organs of propagation, they can

store food and can survive harsh conditions
such as cold or lack of water.
BULB Swollen
underground
Onions,
garlic
storage leaves
with short stem.
Surrounded by
brown scaly
leaves.
CORM
Short Eddoe
underground
stem which
grows vertically.
It is surrounded
by scale leaves
and has
adventious roots.
 RHIZOME
Horizontal underground stem with leaves, Ginger
buds and adventitious roots. New growth
from axillary bud
TAPROOT
Swollen main Carrot, radish
root with a short
stem.
STEM TUBER
Swollen ends of White potato
an underground
stem. New plants
grow from
axillary buds.
ROOT TUBER

Swollen ends Sweet potato

of a fibrous
root.
STOLON
Horizontally Spider Plant
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adventitious
roots and leaves
at their ends.
RUNNER
A branch of the Sweet hearts,
main stem which water grass
lengthens and
creeps along the alevelnotes.com
surface of the
ground. It has
scale leaves and
buds from which
adventitious
roots and new
plants grow.
LEAF BUD
Develop along edges of the leaf. These grow into new plants.
Some succulents
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SUCKER
Arise from the underground part of the plant.
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