Plant Project Part 2-Crossword
Across
- 1. Cutting made with the node of a plant with alternate leaves.
- 6. A shield-shaped cut made about halfway through the wood around the leaf and the axial bud.
- 7. Cutting taken from the end of a stem or branch, normally including the terminal bud.
- 11. The union of an egg and sperm to produce a seed or fertilized egg.
- 12. The percentage of seed that sprouts and begins to grow.
- 13. Resting Stage: no active growth.
- 15. A section of plant stem containing a node that is placed in a plant medium to generate a new plant.
Down
- 2. A seed sprouting or staring to grow.
- 3. Plant parts such as stems, leaves, roots, ad buds, but not flowers, fruits, and seeds.
- 4. Offspring of greater strength and potential resulting when two different breeds or varieties are crossed.
- 5. The process of increasing the numbers of a species or perpetuating a species.
- 8. Propagation utilizing a part or parts of one parent plant.
- 9. Vegetative part removed from the parent plant and managed so that it will regenerate itself.
- 10. TO soak,keep moist or mechanically scrape a seed coat to aid germination.
- 14. Alive and capable of functioning.