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occurs when a fertilized seed is exposed to favorable growth conditions |
Germination |
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Absorption of water |
Imbibition |
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Stems usually cut in the fall |
Woody |
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What type of cutting includes the terminal bud |
Stem tip |
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What type of cutting is done around the leaf and axial bud |
Heel |
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What type of cutting involved cutting up leaves into parts, each of which has a vein |
Leaf section |
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What type of cutting is a type of stem cutting that takes one node in the center of the cutting |
Single eye |
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What is true of root cuttings |
The cuttings should be made during dormant season |
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What type of layering involves girdling the stem with cuts |
Air layering |
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What type of layering involves joining plants together |
Grafting |
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What is true regarding the use of tissue culture for propagation |
The plant tissue should be kept out of direct sunlight |
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What is an advantage of the sexual propagation of plants |
It is inexpensive |
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What refers to cutting the seed coat to help water penetrate |
Scarification |
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What type of stem is cut in any season |
Herbaceous |
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What type of cutting is made just above a node on both ends |
Stem section |
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What type of cutting involves a stem cutting with one or two nodes |
Cane |
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What type of cutting includes the stem that attaches the leaf to the stalk |
Leaf petiole |
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What type of cutting slits the veins on the bottom of leaves and places the leaf split side down in the rooting medium |
Split vein |
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What is true of root cuttings |
The plants should be two to three years old |
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What type of layering involves placing a tip, still attached to the parent plant, into the medium |
Tip layering |
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What type of layering splits the main part of the plant into smaller parts |
Division |
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What is true regarding the use of tissue culture for propagation |
It is efficient and economical |
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What is true regarding the use of tissue culture for propagation |
It should be done with actively growing plants |
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What is true regarding the use of tissue culture for propagation |
It can produce large amounts of disease free plants |
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The process of increasing the number of a species |
Propagation |
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What does a seed consist of |
Seed coat, endosperm, and embryo |
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A type of stem cutting used where stock material is limited and has alternate leaves |
Single eye cutting |
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A cutting that is usually made from a large leaf plant with the veins split |
Split vein cutting |
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Method of joining two parts of two different plants |
Grafting |
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Most common type of grafting |
T budding |
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What May tissue culture be used for |
Cloning |
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What can contaminate tissue culture |
Air hands tools |
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How long does the first stage of cloning African violets take |
6-8 weeks |
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Covering to make a very inexpensive hood for tissue culturing |
Plastic |
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What propagation uses a part or parts of one parent plant |
Asexual |
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What supplies food to the young seedling until it is able to make its own |
Endosperm |
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What might contain fungicide and is used to help plants produce roots more quickly |
Rooting hormone |
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What cuttings are normally made of a section containing one or two nodes |
Cane |
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What is tissue culture also known as |
Micropropagation |
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A major aspect of tissue culture is that the area to be worked in must be |
Sterile and aseptic |
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A clone is almost like the parents |
False |
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The embryo is actually a young plant |
True |
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All seeds need light to germinate |
False |
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An advantage of tissue culture is that only one plant can be made from a disease free plant |
False |
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Double eye cuttings are often used when plants have opposite leaves |
True |
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Herbaceous plants are propagated by cuttings |
True |
