JCECE Medical JCECE Medical Solved Paper-2009

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    Which of the following propagates through leaf-tip?  

    A)  Walking fem     

    B)  Sprout-leaf plant

    C)  Marchantia       

    D)  Moss

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     Adiantum is also called walking fern. In Adiantum, the tips of the leaves, on coming in contact with the soil, given out adventitious roofs which, in turn, produce new leaves and develop into new plants. Marchantia may   reproduce   vegetatively (by-death and decay of the older parts of thallus, adventitious branches, formation of gemmae) and sexually. Moss (Funaria) reproduces mainly sexually.


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