What is budding??

Budding

Bud means a small outgrowth from the body of an organism.When a bud is formed on the body of an organism, then the nucleus divides into two and one of the nuclei passes into the bud.

In budding, a small part of the body of the parent organism grows out as a bud which then detaches and becomes a new organism.

For Ex:Hydra, sea-anemones, sponges and corals reproduce by the method of budding.

In hydra, first a small outgrowth called bud is formed on the side of its body by the repeated divisions of its cells.This bud then grows gradually to form a small hydra by developing a mouth and tentacles.And finally the tiny new hydra detaches itself from the body of parent hydra and lives as a separate organism.the parent hydra has produced a new hydra.The bud formed in a hydra is not a single cell.It is a group of cells.