Hort 260 Lecture Exam #3
Across
- 2. Noncuttin technique used most commonly for herbaceous perennials.
- 6. Root dimension most important for a successful root cutting.
- 10. One of the two phytohormones necessary for bark slipping.
- 11. Organ type that bulb scales are.
- 12. Plant with root system of a graft.
- 13. Layering technique where just one end section is buried.
- 15. Softwood cuttings are best when ____ because terminal are tender.
- 17. A jade leaf cutting does not have a _____.
- 20. In all forms of layering you eliminate ____ to initiate roots.
- 22. Limit factor tissue of a leaf cutting.
- 24. End of root cuttings where adventitious shoots arise.
- 25. Pruning type done to a plant before it is buried for mound layering.
- 26. Broadleaf evergreens cuttings should be taken in late ___ to mid-summer.
- 28. Near the____: where root cuttings are best taken.
- 30. Tissue left on the plant when air layering.
- 32. Double ___: three genotypes in a sequence of grafting.
- 34. Hardwood cuttings should be the ____ stage when you take them and stick them in the sand.
- 35. Harvesting cuttings early in the day helps to maintain ____.
- 36. ____ heat can help initiate roots.
- 37. ____ movement is how outer chimera layers maintain their integrity.
- 39. In leaf cuttings this is the type of adventitious tissue that forms first.
Down
- 1. Specialized underground stem storage tissue that has a basal plate but is not a true bulb.
- 3. Shoot piece of the donor plant.
- 4. Plant with two or more genetically dissimilar tissues growing side by side.
- 5. ____ division results in growth of plant girth.
- 7. T/F: Monocot air layering is performed the same way as dicots.
- 8. Clones from a root system (hint: our mascot).
- 9. Parenchyma cells form a ____ bridge after 4-5 days.
- 13. Bulblet formation technique in which the basal plate is completely removed.
- 14. Tissue type where new roots arrive in root cuttings.
- 15. Hardwood cutting section that has a small section of older wood attached.
- 16. Higher chance of ___ when grafts are closer taxonomically.
- 18. Graft technique where you insert a small piece into the stock plant.
- 19. Air layering is ___ than leaf cuttings.
- 21. Grafting technique for woody plants, whip and ___ graft.
- 23. Narrow-leafed evergreens need ___ light.
- 27. Can be applied to the top of hardwood cuttings to stop dessication.
- 29. A disadvantage of air layering is it makes ___ cuttings.
- 31. Dimension of root cuttings that is most linked to polarity.
- 33. Type of true bulb that has an outer tunic.
- 38. ____ cuttings are quicker and root in 2-5 weeks.