Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Reproduction in Organisms

Question:

Which among the following is not a type of vegetative reproduction in plants?

Options:

Rhizome

Offset

Bulb

Antherozoid

Correct Answer:

Antherozoid

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) -Antherozoid

Vegetative propagules are parts of a plant that can give rise to a new plant without sexual reproduction. In angiosperms, several structures can serve as vegetative propagules. In plants, the units of vegetative propagation such as runner, rhizome, sucker, tuber, offset, bulb are all capable of giving rise to new offspring . These structures are called vegetative propagules. Obviously, since the formation of these structures does not involve two parents, the process involved is asexual.

Antherozoid is not a type of vegetative reproduction. Antherozoids are male gametes produced in the antheridia of some plants, such as algae, bryophytes, and ferns. They are involved in sexual reproduction, not vegetative reproduction.