Term for the asexual reproduction of plants. In nature, plants usually reproduce sexually or generatively. The product is genetically different from the parents, which normally produces offspring with good characteristics that are capable of surviving. However, there are also some plants with natural vegetative reproduction; for example, various types of moss.
During the flowering of a vine, however, self-fertilisation takes place because the cultivated vines have hermaphrodite flowers. However, releasing and germinating the kernels (seeds) from these grapes...
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