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Runner
a slender stem with very long internodes, as of the strawberry, that arches down to the ground and propagates by producing roots and shoots at the nodes or tip b. a plant that propagates in this way
rhizome
a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
bulb
a.
a usually subterranean and often globular bud having fleshy leaves emergent at the top and a stem reduced to a flat disk, rooting from the underside, as in the onion and lily.
To Propagate
biology to reproduce or cause to reproduce; breed
soil crumb
The bonding action of humus and clay
humus
the dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth.
manure
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
lime
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime), obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
Germination
to begin to grow or develop.
Testa
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
cotyledon
the primary or rudimentary leaf of the embryo of seed plants.
plumule
the bud of the ascending axis of a plant while still in the embryo.
radicle
a.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
b. a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
sepal
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
petal
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
stamen
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
anthers
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
pollen
the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses.
ovary
Botany. the enlarged lower part of the pistil in angiospermous plants, enclosing the ovules or young seeds.
ovules
a.
a rudimentary seed.
b.
the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed.
fungus`
fungus is a type of mould that can also be a mushroom
nitrogen
nitrogen is a mineral that plants require to Flower .
phosphorus
phospourous helps with the root growth.
potasium
growth for vegetable flower and fruit growth.
crop yield
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wilting
when a plant wilts it is lacking a nutrient or water.
nitrogen burn
this is twere u have given the plant to much nitrogen and instead of helping it has harmed the plant.
organic fertiliser
manure
inorganic fertiliser
man made using the vitamins
dominant
this is the overruling gene.
recessive
the recessive gene is usually the hidden gene
chromosomes
humans have 48 chromosomes
genes
genes are inherited from parents.
phenotype
nature vs nurture
genotypes
1.The genetic makeup, as distinguished from the physical appearance, of an organism or a group of organisms.
allele

One member of a pair or series of genes that occupy a specific position on a specific chromosome.
cross pollination

The transfer of pollen from an anther of the flower of one plant to a stigma of the flower of another plant.
self polination
Transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma of the same flower.
wind pollination
wind can Cary pollen grains and it transfers it to different plants or flowers.
animal pollination
animas pick up the pollen and transfer it to a different plant.
probes

A substance, such as DNA, that is radioactively labeled or otherwise marked and used to detect or identify another substance in a sample.
capillary matting
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heated propogaters
to keep something in a warm temperatrue o it reproduces easier
mist propogaters
a propogater that efects and changes the enviromwent for best reproductive output.