cloning and biotechnology

Question 1

what are the two ways to clone plants?

Answer 1

natural (vegitative propagation) and artificial (micropropgation)

Question 2

what are the vegetative organs of plants?

Answer 2

root and shoot tips, axillary buds (where leaves and stem meet), vascular cambium

Question 3

what are some methods to vegetative propagation?

Answer 3

bulbs (onions)
runners (strawberry plants)
rhizomes (ginger and merram grass)
stem tubers (potatoes)

Question 4

how do you carry out vegetative propgation?

Answer 4

stem should be cut between leaf and nodes. then replanted and sometimes you can add plant hormones (contain auxins which promote mitosis & cell differentation)

Question 5

what are the two methods of artificial cloning in plants?

Answer 5

micropropagation and tissue cultures