Vegetative growth favors development of roots and shoots for a strong plant structure and leaves for photosynthesis. Reproductive growth favors flowering and fruit formation for development of a marketable crop.

Plants that reproduce by seeds. Seed plants have special structures on them where male and female cells join together through a process called fertilisation. The parent plant disperses or releases the seed. If the seed lands where the conditions are right, the embryo germinates and grows into a new plant.

Plant reproduction is not only fundamental to the fitness of plant species, but also the success of the entire agricultural economy. Most of the agricultural activities on a farm begin with seed and end with seed. Flowering, which marks the onset of reproduction, is a key regulator of life cycle and senescence.

Importance of reproduction Procreation – reproduction sustains the species so that it does not become extinct. Quality improvement- it allows for the mixing of genetic materials leading to variation among individuals in a species.

Reproductive success in livestock is essential for the economic livelihood of producers and ultimately affects the consumer cost of meat and other animal products. In many livestock production systems, poor fertility is a major factor that limits productivity.

The advantages of asexual reproduction include: the population can increase rapidly when the conditions are favourable. it is more time and energy efficient as you don’t need a mate. it is faster than sexual reproduction.

Advantages and Disadvantages Of Asexual Reproduction

I’ve helped many same-sex couples over the years have children of their own through assisted reproductive procedures. Egg donation and surrogacy allow two gay men to have children genetically related to one partner and the egg donor, but not to both. It’s the same dynamic for lesbians and sperm donors.

Surrogacy for single fathers The path to biological fatherhood for single men is in vitro fertilization (IVF) with donor eggs and a gestational carrier (GC), also known as a surrogate. The donor’s eggs are retrieved, fertilized with your sperm, and then an embryo is transferred to your surrogate’s uterus.

Experts say that countries popular with parents for surrogacy arrangements are the US, India, Thailand, Ukraine and Russia. Mexico, Nepal, Poland and Georgia are also among the countries described as possibilities for surrogacy arrangements.

The man is known as a ‘sperm donor’ and the sperm he provides is known as ‘donor sperm’ because the intention is that the man will give up all legal rights to any child produced from his sperm, and will not be the legal father. Sperm donation may also be known as ‘semen donation’.