Topic > Essay on Asexual Propagation - 566

IntroductionAsexual propagation is the process by which reproduction occurs without passing through the seed cycle. The advantages of asexual propagation are preservation of genetic makeup, seedless plant propagation, disease control, rapid production, plants are identical, cheaper, faster and easier to reduce or avoid juvenile. The disadvantages of asexual propagation are that it increases susceptibility to disease and insects, the plants are bulky, and the mother plants may be contaminated. The objective of this experiment was to determine the development of adventitious roots and shoots and to observe these plants over a period of five weeks. Due to the production of auxin in the tip, the cuttings should root faster than any other cuttings. Auxin is a plant hormone responsible for cell elongation and enlargement, root formation and growth. There are two forms of auxins; phototropism, which is produced at the tip and moves down to the side away from the light, and gravitropism, which is where plant roots grow downward and plant shoots grow upward. (Auxin plant 201...