NEETBotanyPlant Kingdom
How does vegetative reproduction occur in mosses?
Options
- AThrough seeds and spores
- BThrough fragmentation and budding in the secondary protonema
- CBy runners and stolons
- DThrough underground bulbs
Correct answer
B. Through fragmentation and budding in the secondary protonema
Step-by-step solution
The predominant stage of the life cycle of a moss is the gametophyte which consists of two stages. The first stage is the protonema stage, which develops directly from a spore. It is a creeping, green, branched and frequently filamentous stage. The second stage is the leafy stage, which develops from the secondary protonema as a lateral bud. They consist of upright, slender axes bearing spirally arranged leaves. They are attached to the soil through multicellular and branched rhizoids. This stage bears the sex orga