KEY CONCEPT Plants can produce genetic clones of themselves through asexual reproduction.

Asexual reproduction allows a plant to make copies of itself. Plants can reproduce asexually with fragments of stems, leaves, or roots. Asexual reproduction allows a plant to make copies of itself. Regeneration is one type of asexual reproduction. plants grow a new individual from fragment of parent occurs when piece of a stem, leaf, or root falls off parent plant *The prickly pear cactus has jointed stems- - - if one breaks off, it can take root and a new plant will grow.*

Vegetative reproduction is another type of asexual reproduction. stems, leaves, or roots attached to parent plant produce new individuals specific adaptations include stolons, rhizomes, and tubers

Humans can produce plants with desirable traits using vegetative structures. Vegetative propagation takes advantage of plants’ ability to reproduce asexually. Humans use one plant with desirable traits to produce many individuals. cutting a fragment cut from a leaf or stem may be put in soil or water to form a new individual (African violets) grafting joins the parts of two plants together to form a hybrid plant with desirable traits (frost tolerance, disease resistance, etc.