Question

Many plants will grow from cuttings. The cutting develops a new root system and becomes a clone of the parent plant, but an independent new plant. This type of reproduction is called

Answer 1

it would be asexual because only one parent is involved and it is a clone of the parent plant

Answer 2

The correct answer will be- asexual mode of reproduction

Step-by-step explanation:

The reproduction takes place through two ways in the organisms: sexual and asexual.

The sexual reproduction is biparental as it requires the fusion of the two sexual gametes whereas the asexual reproduction does not involve the gametes and is thus uniparental.

In the given question, since the sporophytic part of the plant give rise to the one plant, therefore, it does not involve the sexual gametes and is thus considered as an asexual mode of reproduction. This technique is known as vegetative propagation.

Thus, the asexual mode of reproduction is the correct answer.