Textbook Problem

A student cuts off a leaflet from a plant and places it in a glass of water. Within a week roots appear on the base of the cutting. A month later she places the growing cutting into soil and it grows to the full size of the “parent” plant. This is an example of:

a. cell culture.

b. fragmentation.

c. grafting.

d. vegetative reproduction.

e. tissue culturepropagation.