In garden plants, asexual reproduction urs when a part of the plant is separated from the parent plant develops into a complete plant, as when strawberries produce ners which take root and form new strawberry plants. Asexual reduction can be brought about artificially by means of leaf tings, stem cuttings, root cuttings, etc. Plants that originate from xual reproduction are usually identical to the parent plant. Sexual reproduction involves the union of a male and a female m cell. From this union a seed - and ultimately a new plant roduced.
Sexual reproduction is the most common type of reprotion for garden plants.
The plants originating from sexual reduction are often quite different from their parents and from each er. Because of this possibility for variation, sexual reproduction plants is the method used by plant breeders in developing new ins and varieties. Parts of the flower Sexual reproduction of plants is carried on in the flower. When the les are fertilized by the male germ cells, they develop into seeds in ovary. The petals, which add greatly to the beauty of flowers, serve such ful functions as aiding in pollination and protecting the sex organs m physical damage.