Module 1: Asexual Reproduction in Plants

Question 1

new plants without seeds/spores

Answer 1

vegetative reproduction

Question 2

horizontal stem

Answer 2

runner/stolon

Question 3

segmented, fleshy underground stems that act as storage and reproductive structures

Answer 3

rhizome

Question 4

fleshy underground storage structures; have nodes

Answer 4

tuber

Question 5

swollen underground storage stems with dry scales

Answer 5

corm

Question 6

shortened underground storage structure; fleshy concentric layered leaves

Answer 6

bulb

Question 7

separation of plant into parts that develop into whole plants

Answer 7

fragmentation

Question 8

method of reproduction; ovule or part of the ovary (2n) gives rise to a new seed

Answer 8

apomixis

Question 9

grafted part of a plant

Answer 9

scion

Question 10

rooted plant where stem is grafted onto

Answer 10

stock

Question 11

stem with nodes + internodes is planted in moist soil

Answer 11

stem cutting

Question 12

propagating a large number of plants from a single plant in a short time under lab conditions

Answer 12

micropropagation

Question 13

mass of dividing, undifferentiated cells

Answer 13

callus

Question 14

any cell can divide and asexually generate a clone of the original organism

Answer 14

totipotency