Question

A farmer cut a branch from his favorite, mature fruit tree, planted it in the soil, and it grew to be a new tree. The farmer's method of growing a new plant is a type of

A) pollination.
B) seed production.
C) sexual reproduction.
D) asexual reproduction.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D.

Answer 2

D. The tree that will grow from the branch will be identical, or at least pretty similar, to that of his favorite tree, meaning that the DNA and chromosomes must be the same. Thus it is asexual.