What is?
What is Irrigation?
It is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns.
Red light causes?
red light causes elongated and soft growth
Blue light causes?
Blue light causes hortened, hardened, and darker plants
what is pigment
pigment is the color founding animal cells
neutral plant examples
cucumbers,corn, chili peppers
What is a herbaceous?
Herbaceous means that the plant has non-woody stems that reach their full height and produce flower within one year
Why does red and blue have the greatest impact on plant growth ?
Because they are absorbed by the photosynthetic pigments in plants
Transpiration
The process by which plants lose water from leaves and stems
what is the formula for Photosynthesis
6CO2+6H2O+672KcalC6H12O6+6O2
Reproduction
The plant process that increases plant numbers
what are Short-day
Short-day plants can flower when the light period is shorter than the critical day length
Why is DLI important for plants?
it ensures that the light received by the plants is optimum for their growth cycles and needs
Respiration
The process through which plant leaves, stems and roots consume oxygen and give off carbon dioxide
what are the Processes of plant growth
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Absorption
Transpiration
Translocation
Reproduction
Translocation
The process by which food and nutrients are moved within a plant from one plant part to another
What is light quality?
Light quantity is the amount and duration of light emitted by a light source
why do we have Hardiness Zones?
Hardiness Zones- Developed by the USDA and are zones based upon average annual minimum winter temperatures.
Photoperiodism?
is the response of plant growth based upon the number of hours of light received each day.
what is the nuclues in plant?
location of plant genetic and hereditary make-up
Protoplasm
the living matter of the cell
what does DIL mean ?
Daily light integral
does a neutral plant only grow in the winter
Nio A plant that flowers regardless of the length of the period of light it is exposed to
Absorption
The process by which plant roots take in water and air
what are some Herbaceous plants examples
Daylilies, Black-eyed susan, Coneflower
Cell Wall
rigid and provides support for the cell and thus the whole plant