There are two modes of reproduction in plants: sexual and asexual. Sexual reproduction is when offspring, or new living organisms, are produced through the combination of genetic material from two different parents. Offspring produced sexually are genetically different from its parent. On the other hand, asexual reproduction is when offspring, or new living organisms, are produced by a single parent. Offspring produced asexually inherit all the genetic material from the single parent, so the offspring are genetically identical clones of the parent.