Title: An Introduction to the Reproductive Biology of Flowering Plants
Abstract: Reproduction is a very important stage in the life-history of a species, being essential for its survival and sustenance. Different organisms adopt different strategies as they attempt to maximize their reproductive success and produce a favourable number of new individuals. Reproduction in plants can be achieved by either vegetative or sexual means or a combination of both. The seeds and propagules produced by asexual and sexual modes of reproduction have differing implications on the perpetuation of the species. Asexual means (such as vegetative reproduction) in plants is a quicker reproductive strategy that leads to production of new individuals genetically identical to parents. However, there is a limitation of genetic variability in vegetative reproduction and this may affect the long-term survival of a species. On the other hand, reproduction by sexual means brings genetic heterogeneity in progeny resulting in their wider adaptability and better survival. Sexual reproduction in angiosperms is a complex process involving several sequential events which take place in different organs of a flower. Thus, flower is a unit of sexual reproduction in angiosperms.
Publication Year: 2023
Publication Date: 2023-01-05
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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