Botany - Reproduction in Organisms Question with Solution | TestHub
From the underground part of the main stem, oblique branches may arise and come out of the soil to give rise to leafy shoots in
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Stems may help in the spread of vegetative propagation.
Examples: (i) When older parts die new plants may develop from the underground stem: Grass, strawberry.
(ii) The lateral branch from stem grows aerially, arch and touch the ground downwards to give rise to new plants: Mint, jasmine.
(iii) Branch of stem growing laterally with short internodes and giving rise to leafy rosettes above and the tuft of roots below at the nodes: Aquatic plants likeEichhorniaand Pistia.
(iv). Lateral branches may originate from the underground part of the main stem, grow obliquely, come out of the soil and give rise to leafy shoots: Banana,Chrysanthemum and pineapple.
