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tap root
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primary root is the largest root in system
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fibrous roots
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roots are a network of branch roots
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adventitious roots
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roots that arise from some plant part other than the primary root. ex: prop roots growing from stems.
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aerial roots
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form from root tips in stems
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food storage roots
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have a large # of storage parencyma cells in both the xylem and phloem. beet, sweet potato.
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tip cuttings
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include leaves attached to stem. tip is at top, leaves at top.
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stem cutting
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same as tip, except stem at top
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plantlets
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used for asexual reproduction, found on leaves or runners
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leaf cutting
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leaf simply stuck into rooting medium with petiole downwards
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rhizomes
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thickened underground STEMS, store food. produce roots from lower surface, leaves or shoots from upper surface. main stem of a plant.
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tubers
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enlarged, fleshy end of a prostrate stem. spreads horizontally below ground. has eyes which are axillary buds with leafy scales.
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corms
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develop from lateral buds at base of stem. thickened, fleshy stem enlargements, with terminal bud at tip and dry scales at nodes.
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bulbs
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very short stems wrapped in bulb scales. layered often.
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monkey face means
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monocot stem
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three regions of root tip are
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root tip meristem, region of cell elongation, region of cell differentation
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