CMC Medical CMC-Medical Ludhiana Solved Paper-2009

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    Which of the following propagates through leaf-tip?

    A)  Walking fern                    

    B)  Sprout-leaf plant

    C)  Marchanria                       

    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 roots 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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