What is Sexual Reproduction sexual POLLINATION FERTILIZATION reproduction

What is Sexual Reproduction sexual POLLINATION / FERTILIZATION – reproduction • Reproduction that requires two parent in plants? plants (ex. Flowering plants / Seeds)

What is Asexual Reproduction asexual • Reproduction involving only one reproduction parent plant – PRODUCES in plants? OFFSPRING IDENTICAL TO THE PARENT ! • A plant can sometimes sprout new growth from its stems, roots, or leaves (NOT SEEDS) when cells split!

Plants: Reproduction What are ways plants reproduce asexually? TUBERS and BULBS • Types of underground stems. • Potatoes “eyes” can grow into roots and shoots to produce a new plant. • Onions are big Bulbs that split to make new bulbs from the stem/onion. Bulbs Split

Plants: Reproduction What are ways plants reproduce asexually? RUNNERS • Stems that run along the ground. • Strawberries, ivy, Bermuda grass grow from the tips of runners. Runners create new plant

Plants: Reproduction What are ways plants reproduce asexually? STEM CUTTINGS • Stem is cut and planted. Roots may form from the cutting, and then a full plant develops. Cutting from old plants are put into new soil Cutting from old plants

Plants: Reproduction What are ways plants reproduce asexually? ROOTS • Fruit trees and bushes send up “suckers” or new shoots from the roots and produce new plants from root pieces. New Plant forms from roots

Asexual Reproduction Cutting from old plants are put into new soil New Plant forms from roots Bulbs Split Runners create new plant NO SEEDS NEEDED!

Asexual Reproduction Bulbs Split NO SEEDS NEEDED! Cutting from old plants Runners create new plant New Plant forms from roots

Asexual Reproduction No Seeds! CELLS DIVIDE ******* New potato plants grow from stems Plants can produce roots from cuttings that are placed in water Plants can send out runners that grow into new plants Bulbs Split Asexually