Monday, September 6, 2010

Do you know that asexual reproduction actually has some useful applications?

Horticulture/Agriculture

Micropropagation

Manufacture

Pot plants and ornamental plants

Use of culture techniques

Plant Chemicals

Crop plants like sugar beet and potato

Result is a large quantity of genetically identical individual clones

E.g. skikonin is a dye used in silk industry and for treatment of burns

In plants which are difficult to propagate

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For food flavours, perfumes and insecticides

Overcomes problems of seasonality

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4:14 AM


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Chen Shenghui, 4B103.

Interesting Factos.

1)Asexual reproduction in plants is a form of agamogenesis which refers to reproduction without the fusion of gametes.

2)Some species alternate between the sexual and asexual strategies, an ability known as heterogamy, depending on conditions.

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