Sexual Propagation
What is it?
• Sexual propagation is the production of plants
from seeds.
• The new plants are not exactly the same as the
parent plants, but they are close enough for most
uses.
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Sexual Propagation
Exchange Gametes in Plants
• Pollen from male
flowers is carried
from the stamen to
the stigma of a
flower.
• The pollen then
moves down the
style to the ovary
where the ovum is
fertilized.
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Anther
Pollen Grain
Style
Filament
Pollen Tube
Ovary
Ovule
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Sexual Propagation
Pollen Carriers
• The pollen may be carried to the stigma
by wind, insects, birds, or animals.
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Sexual Propagation
After pollination.....
• The ovum becomes a
seed.
• The plant begins to
store food for the seed.
• Fruit is made.
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