Which term describes the production of new plants from vegetative parts such as stems or roots?

• A. Vegetative Propagation
• B. Seed Propagation
• C. Sexual Propagation
• D. Cloning

Answer: (A)

Vegetative propagation describes how new plants can grow from non-reproductive parts of a plant, like stems or roots. In this process, tissue from the parent develops into a new plant without fertilization or seeds, so the offspring are typically genetically identical to the parent. This explains why organisms can rapidly spread and spread the parent’s traits through shortcuts like runners, tubers, or plantlets that form on leaves. It contrasts with seed propagation, which requires seeds and sexual reproduction, and with the broader idea of cloning, which is a general term for making exact copies; in botany, the precise term for producing new plants from vegetative parts is vegetative propagation.