Sexual reproduction in plants involves the fusion of male and female gametes through flowers to produce seeds, ensuring genetic variation in offspring. Asexual reproduction arises from a single parent, meaning offspring are genetically identical clones sharing all the parent's genes. For Tom to get a pink impatient plant, he could cross the white and red varieties through sexual reproduction, while asexual reproduction by cloning could allow Tom to propagate more plants identical to the parent without flowers.

1. Reproduction in plants
Sexual reproduction
Asexual reproduction

2. Sexual reproduction
• This involve a fusion of male and female gametes to produce seeds. Sexual
reproduction in flowering plants always involve the flowers.
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3. Sexual reproduction structure

4. Asexual reproduction in plants
• Asexual reproduction is the reproduction that arise from one parent. The
offspring will receive the same genes as the parent. That means the daughter
plant will be the same as the parent plant.

5. Try these questions
Tom has a white and a red impatient plant at home. He thinks that a pink
one would be beautiful.
• How would Tom proceed in getting a plant that produces pink
flowers?
• What type of reproduction would this be?
• Explain one circumstance where Tom can use the other type of
reproduction for his impatient plant.

6. Artificial vegetative propagation