Steph Biology final

___________ is an asexual propagation technique were
small pieces of tissue are placed in a sterile culture containing all the
nutrients, carbohydrates and hormones needed for growth.

___ is an example of parthenocarpic fruit.

_____ is the development of a fruit without seeds.

Plants produce flowers when they are in the _________ phase.

The top part of a graft is called the ___________.

______is NOT a mode of action of pesticides.

If John Q. Public discovers a very unique looking holly
shrub and propagates it by cuttings to produce thousands of young plants, then
that population or group of plants would be a good example of
_________________.

Two disadvantages of sexual propagation are: ___ & ____.

_________ is NOT an objective or advantage of pruning.

_____ is NOT an advantage of grafting.

When sections of an Irish potato (tuber) as used for vegetative propogation this is a form of _______________.

_____is a chemical pinching agent that overcomes apical
dominance.

____is the part of the flower containing the pollen grains

__________ is the number of replicate chromosomes present in the nucleus of a cell.

The egg and sperm nuclei are also called _____________.

____ is a pest is controlled by fungicides.

_______is NOT a mode of action of pesticides

Two disadvantages of asexual or vegetative propagation are:

Fertilization is the union of one male gamete and one female gamete to produce a _____________.

______________is the type of dormancy caused by chemical inhibitors in the fruit wall or seed coat.

Sexual reproduction in higher plants involves the union of several nuclei in a process called __________________ fertilization.

The top part of a graft is called the ___________.

A ________________ is a mollusk.

Plants that are ________________________ can not be successfully grafted.

To make the canopy of a tree more dense, ________________
should be used.