Vegetative reproduction is also a type of asexual reproduction". Justify the statement.

Explanation

A. (a) Reproduction not involving the fusion of male and female gametes is called asexual reproduction.
(b) in Algae, moulds and mushrooms, the plant body break into smaller portions (fragmentation) and each fragment thing is formed and develops into a mature plant. Gemmae of liver worts are also vegetative reproductive structures.
(c ) In flowering plants runner, stolon, sucker, offset rhizome, corm, . tuber, bulb, bulbil, reproductive leaves are also vegetative propagules
(d) In vegetative reproduction, there is no involvement of two parents, male and female gametes are not formed and are not fused. Offspring produced vegetatively by a plant are identical to one another and are exact copies (clones) of their parent.
(e ) Hence, vegetative reproduction is also a type of asexual reproduction.