Horticulture I - Unit 4 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. A form of grafting when a bud is is used instead of a scion.
  2. 3. When plants rest or grows very little.
  3. 5. Starting plants by means other that seed. (cuttings, layer, etc.)
  4. 11. The process through which plant leaves, stems and roots consume oxygen and give off carbon dioxide
  5. 12. When plants produce flowers, seeds and fruit.
  6. 13. A shoot or stem that originates from the roots.
  7. 16. When plants first start to grow from a seed.
  8. 17. The process by which plants lose water from their leaves and stems through evaporation
  9. 19. The process by which food and nutrients move within a plant from one plant part to another
  10. 20. The process by which minerals and water enter the plant through cell walls
  11. 22. The tendency for plants to grow toward a light source
  12. 24. The response of plants to different amounts of light regarding their flowering and reproduction cycles
  13. 26. A technique of asexual propagation where the new plant stays atleast partially attached to the mother plant while forming new roots.
  14. 27. Cutting apart rhizomes, tubers, runners, stolons, or suckers to get new plants
Down
  1. 2. Joining separate plant parts together so that they form a union and grow together to make one plant. (i.e. putting scion onto rootstock)
  2. 4. A swollen, modified stem that grows underground. Example: potato.
  3. 6. Starting plants from seeds.
  4. 7. Culture Taking a tissue sample from a parent plant and growing those cells into tiny plantlets.
  5. 8. The food manufacturing process in green plant that combine carbon dioxide and water in the presence of light to make sugar and oxygen
  6. 9. Areas of average minimum temperature that are categorized together in zones. NC is zones 6-8.
  7. 10. Seperating natural structures of a plant without making a cut.
  8. 14. Taking a piece of a plant (stem, leaf, root) and starting a new plant from it.
  9. 15. The plant process that increases plant numbers usually from seeds
  10. 18. A creeping above ground stem that grows horizontally and produces roots and shoots at the nodes. Example: strawberry.
  11. 21. The process by which plant roots take in water and air
  12. 23. An enlarged, bulb-like, fleshy structure found at the base of a stem. Usually flattened and round. Examples: gladiolus and crocus.
  13. 25. A creeping underground stem, usually horizontal, that produces roots and leaves at the nodes. Examples: cannas and bearded Iris