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Which one of the following statements is not correct? O Offspring produced by the asexual reproduction are called clones. Microscopic, motile asexual reproductive structures are called zoospores. In potato, banana and ginger, the plantlets arise from the internodes O present in the modifies stem. Water hyacinth, growing in the standing water, drains oxygen from water that leads to the death of fishes.

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