WHAT IS SEXUAL REPRODUCTION?

• a fusion of gametes
• genetically unique
• slower

Wind

• conifers and grasses
• one gamete is spread by the wind
• received by another to complete the process
• a massive amount of energy

WHY?

Asexual reproduction

• no fertilization
• often faster
• clones of parent
• naturally and artificially
• vegetative reproduction

Runners or Rhyzomes

• a stem or root heading out
• establishes a bud where the plant continues to group.
• damage to the runner means a new plant
• strawberries, poplar

Budding

• growing from buds on a stem
• ginger, onions, spider plants

Cutting

• use a piece or fragment of the parent to create a daughter
• water, soil, growth hormones as stimuli

Layering

• When a stem touches the ground and produces roots.
• See grapes
• Air layering -- moss is used to stimulate root growth

Tubers & Bulbs

• bulbs that when separated will produce a new plant
• daffodils
• underground fat stem
• stem full of starch for rapid growth (bulb)
• Tuber's food remains in bass of stem