If a horticulturist breeding gardenias succeeds in having a single plant with a particularly desirable set of traits, which of the following would be her most probable and efficient route to establishing a line of such plants? a) backtrack through her expe b) breed this plant with another plant wit c) clone the plant asexually to produce an d) force s would be her most probable and efficient route to establishing a line of such plants?

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Question: If a horticulturist breeding gardenias succeeds in having a single plant with a particularly desirable set of traits, which of the following would be her most probable and efficient route to establishing a line of such plants?

A) Backtrack through her previous experiments to obtain another plant with the same traits.  

B) Breed this plant with another plant with much weaker traits

C) Clone the plant asexually to produce an identical one

D) Force the plant to self-pollinate to obtain an identical one.

C) Clone the plant asexually to produce an identical one

Explanation:

Asexual reproduction is a mode of production of progeny from a single parent. It does not include the fusion of male and female gametes. Therefore, the progeny obtained from the asexual reproduction is genetically identical to the parent plant and is called a clone. One of the methods of asexual reproduction in plants includes vegetative propagation.

To maintain desirable traits in progeny, one must perform asexual reproduction in the single parent plant with such traits. The asexual reproduction would produce the progeny having all the desirable genetic traits as that of the parent plant.

Clone the plant asexually to produce an identical one.

Explanation;

Two main types of reproduction present in the living organisms are asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction. In asexual reproduction single parent is involved and no formation of zygote takes place. Progeny from the asexual reproduction is genetically similar to the parent plant and is called a clone.

For the maintenance of the desirable traits in progeny, the experimenter should perform asexual reproduction in the single plant with desirable traits. The asexual reproduction would produce the progeny having all the desirable genetic traits as that of the parent plant.

Thus, the correct answer is option (C).