What is the difference between budding and vegetative propagation?

Budding

Vegetative propagation

In budding the no. of offspring plants will be identical to  parents.

In Vegetative propagation we can get a much larger no. of progeny from a single parent.

In budding an outgrowth develops from the parent which then detaches from the main parent body to form offspring. One cell from the parent body divides by mitosis and then detaches from it.

One of the types of Vegetative propagation is budding where the inserted bud is a vegetative one. The new plant can be developed from stem, root or leaves.

Example: Each potato tuber has several eyes or buds where each bud can grow into a separate potato plant.

Example: Onion bulbs can be broken off and planted.

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Budding is a type of asexual reproduction in which a new organism is formed from a bud of an existing organism. The new organism remains attached to the parent organism till it gets matured. Organism like hydra, yeast etc reproduce by budding.

Vegetative propogation is a form of asexual reproduction where one plant is able to grow into a new plant without seeds of spores. Methods of vegetative propagation include division, budding, grafting, cutting, vegetative apomixes and tissue culture.

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