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Which one of the following statements is not correct?

  • Option 1)

    Offspring produced by the asexual reproduction are called clone.

  • Option 2)

    Microscopic, motile asexual reproductive structures are called zoospores.

  • Option 3)

    In potato, banana and ginger, the plantlets arise from the internodes present in the modified stem.

  • Option 4)

    Water hyacinth, growing in the standing water, drains oxygen from water that leads to the death of fishes.

 

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Nodes -

Small plants emerge from the buds (called eyes) of the potato tuber, from the rhizomes of banana, ginger. The site of origin of these new plantlets in the plants are called nodes.

- wherein

When the nodes come in contact with damp soil or water, they produce roots and new plants.

 

Potatoes, banana, fingers arise from nodes and not internodes


Option 1)

Offspring produced by the asexual reproduction are called clone.

This in incorrect option

Option 2)

Microscopic, motile asexual reproductive structures are called zoospores.

This in incorrect option

Option 3)

In potato, banana and ginger, the plantlets arise from the internodes present in the modified stem.

This in correct option

Option 4)

Water hyacinth, growing in the standing water, drains oxygen from water that leads to the death of fishes.

This in incorrect option

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