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. |