RRES Alden

  1. ______ is the development of a fruit without seeds.
    parthenocarpy
  2. In theory, a pear would most likely be successfully graft onto ___________________. (Hint: think about what the fruit looks like inside).
    an apple.
  3. Tomato seeds will not germinate in the fruit and must be extracted and cleaned for them to germinate because of inhibitors in the flesh of the fruit. What is the advantage of this, if any? __________
    prevents vivipary
  4. In a typical bean seed the typical genetic condition of the embryo is ___.
    2N
  5. ______________ is NOT an advantage of grafting.
    Hybrid production
  6. The necrotic (black) spots often found on the leaves of roses are caused by ______
    fungi
  7. ______________ is the number of replicate chromosomes present in the nucleus of a cell.
    ploidy
  8. ________ is a plant part that when removed from the parent plant and placed under the proper environmental conditions forms adventitious roots or shoots.
    cutting
  9. ___________ is considered to be the most common form of budding
    T-bud
  10. _____________ is a pest is controlled by fungicides.
    sooty mold
  11. _______ is a type of budding removes a partial ring from around the stock.
    flute
  12. ________ is when all the limbs on an entire tree are grafted.
    top working
  13. ____ has crabs.
    Stephanie
  14. ________ is the number of replicate chromosomes present in the nucleus of a cell.
    ploidy
  15. ____ is a plant part that when removed from the parent plant and placed under the proper environmental conditions forms adventitious roots or shoots.
    cutting
  16. _______ grafting is used to repair damaged bark at the base of a tree.
    bridge
  17. Plants that are ________________________ can not be successfully grafted.
    monocots
  18. If a plant produces a seed through apomixis, the seed is a ______
    clone
  19. __________________ is the most common type of seed dormancy.
    quiescence due to lack of water
  20. Two advantages of asexual or vegetative propagation are: _____________________________ and ______________________________________.
    All offspring are true-to-type and the time to flowering is reduced
  21. Fertilization is the union of one male gamete and one female gamete to produce a _____________.
    zygote
Author
mmr2742
ID
17821
Card Set
RRES Alden
Description
plant biology
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