🔬 Biology · Reproduction in Organisms · NEET

Vegetatively propagated plants such as banana and sugarcane are genetically identical to the parent and together form a:

Answer: Clone.

Correct answer: A. Clone

Explanation: Vegetative propagation gives offspring genetically identical to the parent; such a group of identical individuals is called a clone.

Structure of a mature flower. Image: LadyofHats (Mariana Ruiz), Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Concept context

Asexual and sexual reproduction, flower anatomy, pollination, fertilization, and seed development.