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Auxin |
Promotes stem elongation. Produced in stem, buds, and root tips. |
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Abscisic Acid |
Promotes leaf abscission, responding to environmental stress, inhibiting fruit ripening, and bud dormancy. Produced in the roots of the plant as well as the terminal buds at the top of the plant.
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Cytokinins |
Promotes cell division in plant roots and shoots, promotes buds. Produced in meristem of the roots. |
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Gibberellins |
Promotes plant growth and development. |
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Ethylene |
Ripens the fruit, by making it softer and sweeter. |
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What is a GMO? |
Genetically modified organism. |
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What are some example of foods that would be considered GMO's? |
Corn, tomatoes, potatoes, peas, rice, papayas, soy, cottonseed, dairy products. |
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What does it mean when something is transgenic? |
Switching up genes. |
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Should we grow GM crops? |
1. Better overall quality and taste 2. More resistant to disease (like vaccine) 3. More nutrition benefits |
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Sexual propagation: |
A process by which plants reproduce, in which pollen from one plant fertilizes the ovary or ovaries from another, producing one or more seeds.
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Pros and Cons of sexual propagation: |
Pros: Easy, cheap Cons: takes a long time, not sure of desired traits util maturity. |
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Asexual propagation: |
Reproduction of a new plant using the stems, leaves, roots of a parent plant. |
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Pros and Cons of Asexual propagation: |
Pros: Faster, Desired traits reproduces Cons: Lack of diversity |
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What are cuttings and how do they work? |
Cuttings are |
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What is grafting and how does it work? |
A process whereby a piece of one plant is inserted into another and results in a change of the original plant
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What is budding and how does it work? |
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What is layering and what is it used for? |
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What is a tissue culture? How does it work? |
Take a small tissue sample or group of cells from parent plant and grow it on agar(nutrient cell) in a sterile environment to produce hundred of new plants. |
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Where did the apple tree originate? |
Kazakhstan moutains |
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What is unique about apples grown from a seed? |
A huge variety and you don't know what kind of apple will grow. |
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What were apples used for primarily in colonial America? |
Hard cider |
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How has the dissemination of apples through the world related to sweetness? |
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Who is Hippocrates? |
Father of modern medicine. |
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What ancient civilization has the first documented use of willow bark? |
Early Greeks and Romans |
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What country leads the world in combining modern medicine with herbal-ism? |
China |
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What percentage of prescriptions in the U.S. have plant derivatives in them? |
25% |
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What is a secondary plant product? |
Alkaloid and Glycosides |
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What is the difference chemically between an alkaloid and a glycoside? |
Alkaloid: bitter, nitrogen Glycoside: cyanide (HCN) |
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What part of the body do alkaloids primarily affect? |
the nervous system |
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Give 3 examples of alkaloids |
Fabaceae (legumes), Solanaceae (nightshade), and Rubiaceae(coffee family) |
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What are the 3 types of glycosides and what do they do? |
1. Cardiac-used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia. 2. |
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What is foxglove used for? |
Heart Disease |
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What is the relationship between aspirin and willowbark? |
In 1898 Felix Hoffman found chemical with similar structure to salicin and generated aspirin. |
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I can't keep doing this |
school is hell |
