Plant Propagation
Stores energy the the seed will use to grow into a new plant
What is cotyledon/endosperm?
Vegetative parts removed from parent plants and managed to regenerate itself.
What is cuttings?
This part of the plant holds it in the ground
What is the root?
Name four types of artificial vegetative propagation methods.
What are budding, grafting, tissue culture, cuttings?
Becomes the root of the new plant
What is radicle?
Union of a piece of one plant to another to form a new plant
What is grafting?
This part of a fruit is used to make new plants.
What is seed?
Union of a vegetative bud of one plant to the stem of another
What is budding?
What are the main parts of a seed
What is seed coat, endosperm and embryo?
Piece of plant at the top of a graft
What is scion
How far apart a root cutting should be spaced?
What is 3 inches?
The female part of a flower is called the_____and the male part of a flower is called the_____:
What is a pistil and stamen?
Inducing adventitious roots on an intact plant
What is layering?
Becomes the leaves and stem of the new plant
Plumule
May be made from portions of stems, leaves, or roots
What is cuttings?
Mother plant is cut to the ground in late winter; when new shoots grow, soil or bark is mounded over stems; these stems will then form roots and cut from main plant; type of layering
What is mound layering (stooling)?
Which grows first, the radicle or the plumule?
What is radicle?
The radicle grows first because the roots need to stabilize the plant before the leaves and stem grow, and the roots gather water and nutrients from the soil which are needed to continue growing.
Wedge, splice, whip and tongue, approach, cleft, side, notch, bark inlay
What is types of grafting