HORT 1013 (Exam 1 study guide)
Across
- 5. A gaseous plant hormone that regulates fruit ripening, triple response, and abscission.
- 7. Vascular tissue that transports sugars and organic nutrients throughout the plant.
- 8. Plant steroid hormones that promote stem elongation, cell division, and stress resistance.
- 10. Double Fertilization: One sperm nucleus fertilizes the egg cell to form the...
- 12. Plant hormones that promote stem elongation, seed germination, and flowering.
- 13. The embryonic root of a plant embryo.
- 14. Advisable on difficult-to-root stem cuttings to accelerate adventitious root development.
- 15. Growth that stops once a genetically predetermined structure or flower forms.
- 17. Continuous growth at meristems without a predetermined stopping point.
Down
- 1. Plant hormones that promote cell elongation, apical dominance, and root initiation.
- 2. A two-word species naming system containing the genus and specific epithet.
- 3. The embryonic shoot of a plant embryo.
- 4. Double Fertilization: One sperm nucleus fuses with polar nuclei to form the triploid...
- 6. The cooling of seed or plant during germination to accelerate flowering.
- 9. Vascular tissue that transports water and nutrients upward from roots.
- 11. A plant hormone that maintains seed dormancy and closes stomata during drought stress.
- 16. Plant hormones that promote cell division, shoot initiation, and delay leaf senescence.