ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION: Involves Only One Parent that Produces Offsprings that are Genetically Identical to their Parents by Mitosis
RUNNER (NATURAL)
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CUTTINGS (ARTIFICIAL)
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Diagram showing Runners (Branches) in a Spider Plant
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Diagram showing the Process of Cuttings
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Some Plants Grow Side Branches that Contain Plantlets which Specialise into Forming Root Hair Cells when they Touch the Ground
These Plantlets will Grow Roots and Plants will Grow, Allowing Asexual Reproduction
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Tissue Sample is Scraped from Parent Plant
Tissue Samples are Placed in Agar Growth Medium Containing Nutrients and Auxins
Samples Develop into Tiny Plantlets
Plantlets are Planted into Compost
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