a Explain how new Bryophyllum plants can be produced from the leaves of the old plant Illustrate you...

Question

a Explain how new Bryophyllum plants can be produced from the leaves of the old plant Illustrate your answer with the help of a labelled diagram b How can you grow the money plant by vegetative propagation

Accepted Answer

a Bryophyllum can be reproduced by vegetative propagation by using either a piece of its stem or leaves The leaves of a Bryophyllum plant have special buds in their margins which may get detached from the leaves fall to the ground and then grow to produce a new plant b Money plant can be grown by vegetative propagation by using a piece of its stem which has at least one leaf on it One end of the stem is dipped in water and after a few days new roots appear at the point where the leaf was attached This piece of the stem grows gradually into a new money plant

Lakhmir Singh Solutions Class 10 Biology Solutions for Exercise in Chapter 3 - How do Organisms Reproduce?