Plant Growth

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  1. 3. A plant condition in which the stems and leaves of a plant are no longer rigid and erect; may be due to excessive transpiration, low soil moisture, disease, and other factors
  2. 4. The practice of growing crops without plowing the soil
  3. 8. Chemical nutrients that are needed in small amounts for growth; micronutrients
  4. 9. The testing samples of tissue
  5. 10. The most important nutrient element in the growth of plants
  6. 12. Chemical nutrients that plants need in large amounts; macronutrients
  7. 13. A plant that stores nitrogen from the air in nodules that grow on its roots
  8. 16. The increase in the diameter of stems and roots in a plant
  9. 19. A nutrient that plants need to store and transfer energy and to grow
  10. 20. A list of the amounts of nutrients in a fertilizer
  11. 21. A nutrient needed by plants for photosynthesis, moving sugar, and other functions
  12. 24. A plant hormone that induces stem cell elongation and cell division; affects stem and leaf growth, fruit development, flowering, cell division, and other plant activities
  13. 25. The innermost xylem of a tree
Down
  1. 1. Test used to learn what nutrients are present in soil
  2. 2. The process in which glucose is broken down to release energy
  3. 5. The process plants use to make food
  4. 6. Sugar made by photosynthesis in plants
  5. 7. The result of secondary growth in a plant's lateral meristem
  6. 11. Any substance used to provide plant nutrients
  7. 14. An undeveloped shoot or leaf at the end of a stem or in the axil; contrasted with a flower bud which is an embryonic flower; terminal bud is at the end of the stem or shoot
  8. 15. The green-colored substance in leaves and stems
  9. 17. A plant hormone that controls stem growth and regulates fruit development; causes the spurt of growth that plants have in the spring
  10. 18. The increase in the length of a plant; the plant in taller; linear growth
  11. 19. A naturally occurring hormone in plants that activates or regulates plant growth and development; also known as a plant hormone
  12. 22. The xylem in a tree that is two to four years old; sapwood is lighter in color than heartwood
  13. 23. A cover on soil to in the moisture; keeps down the growth of weeds