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Appearance of vegetative propagules from the nodes of plants such as sugarcane and ginger is mainly because:

A
Nodes have meristematic cells
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Nodes are located near the soil
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Nodes are shorter than internodes
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Nodes have non-photosynthetic cells
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Solution

The correct option is A Nodes have meristematic cells
Introduction to vegetative propagation:

A type of asexual reproduction taking place in plants in which a progeny plant is formed from a vegetative structure, commonly referred to as vegetative propagule, is known as vegetative propagation. Examples of vegetative propagules include runner, sucker, rhizome, tuber, bulb, offset etc.

Feature of vegetaive propagule:

Vegetative propagation or reproduction occurs in the leaf, stem and roots of a flowering plant. These plant parts have meristematic cells (ability to actively divide) which form the units of vegetative propagation and are able to produce new progeny.




Final answer:

b. Nodes have meristematic cells

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