**Vegetative reproduction** is the term that describes the asexual reproduction of flowering plants. This process includes the production and formation of new plant species that are genetically identical to their parent. These new plants arouse from plantlets, horizontal stems, and underground roots.

The purpose of plant propagation is to use cuttings, grafting and budding to make identical copies of a plant or produce offspring from seedless plants

The main food crops are wheat, rice, soybeans, potatoes and corn. Some techniques that increase plant yield are selective breeding of plant, genetic engineering of plant and use of pesticides and fertilizers.

Grafting is when the stems of one plant are cut and implanted on another plant. Budding is when the buds of a plant are cut and implanted on another plant. Grafting and budding work best with woody plants that do not produce strong roots.

**Dandelions** reproduce by the formation and production of seeds like any other angiosperms. However, the seeds from this plant are produced without a sexual process. The advantage of producing seeds without fertilization means that dandelions don’t need pollinators in order to reproduce and dandelions also produce offspring with identical genetic codes.