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9.3 Growth in plants Flashcards

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What are meristems?

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Meristems are tissues in a plant consisting of undifferentiated cells capable of indeterminate growth

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Why are meristems different to totipotent stem cells?

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They have specific regions of growth and development

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What can meristematic tissue cause?

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Plants to regrow structures or even form new plants

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What are the two types of meristems?

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Apical meristems and Lateral meristems

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Where do apical meristems occur?

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At shoot and root tips

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What are apical meristems responsible for?

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Primary growth (plant lengthening)

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Where do lateral meristems occur?

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At the cambium

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What are lateral meristems responsible for?

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Secondary growth (plant thickening/ widening)

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What do apical meristems produce?

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New leaves and flowers

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What do lateral meristems produce?

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Bark

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What causes the growth of apical meristems at the tips of the roots and shoots?

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A combination of mitosis and cytokinesis

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What does differentiation of the dividing meristem cause?

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A variety of stem tissues and structures like leaves and flowers

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Where does growth occur in the the stem?

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In the nodes

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What happens to the remaining meristem tissue?

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They form an inactive axillary bud

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What do lateral axillary buds have the potential to do?

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Form new branching shoots, compete with leaves and flowers

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What controls the growth of the stem and formation of new nodes?

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Plant hormones

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Where are the plant hormones released from?

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The shoot apex

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What are auxins?

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One of the main groups of plant hormones involved in shoot and root growth

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What happens when auxins are produced by the shoot apical meristem?

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It promotes growth in the shoot apex via cell elongation and division

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What does the production of auxin prevent?

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Apical dominance - growth in lateral axillary buds

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What does apical dominance do?

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Makes sure that a plant uses its energy to grow up towards the light in order to outcompete other plants

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What happens when the distance between the terminal bud and axillary bud increases?

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The inhibition of the axillary bud by auxin diminishes

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What will different species of plants show?

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Different levels of apical dominance

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What can auxin efflux pumps set up?

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Concentration gradients within tissues which change the distribution of auxin within the plant

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What can auxin efflux pumps control and how?
The direction of plant growth by determining which regions of plant tissue have high auxin levels
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Why can auxin efflux pumps do?
Change position within the membrane due to fluidity Be activated by different factors
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In shoots what does auxin do to cell elongation?
Stimulates it
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What does high concentration of auxin in shoots do?
Promotes growth
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In roots what does auxin do to cell elongation?
Inhibit it
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What does high concentration of auxin in roots do?
Limit growth
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How does auxin influence cell growth rates?
By changing the pattern of gene expression within a plants cells
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Why are auxins mechanism of action different in shoots and roots?
As different gene pathways are activated in each tissue
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In shoots how does auxin promote plant growth via cell elongation?
By increasing the flexibility of the cell wall
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What does auxin activate in the plasma membrane?
A proton pump which causes the secretion of H+ ions into the cell wall
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What does the decrease in pH caused by auxin result in?
Cellulose fibres within the cell wall to loosen by breaking the bonds between them
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What does auxin upregulate?
The expression of expansins which increase cell wall elasticity
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As the cell wall is more flexible what does that cause?
An influx of water causing the cell to increase
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What is tropisms?
The growth or turning movement of a plant in response to a directional external stimulus
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What is phototropism?
A growth movement in response to a unidirectional light source
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What is geotropism/gravitropism?
A growth movement in response to gravitational forces
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What is hydrotropism?
A growth movement in response to a water gradient
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What is thigmotorpism?
A growth movement in response to a tactile stimulus
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What are both phototropism and geotropism controlled by?
The distribution of auxin in the plant cells
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Where will auxin accumulate in geotropism and why?
On the lower side of the plant in response to the force of gravity
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What triggers auxin in phototropism?
Light receptors called phototropins
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What do phototropins trigger?
The redistribution of auxin to the dark side of the plant
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What happens on the dark side of the shoot in phototropism?
The dark side of the shoot elongates and shoots grow towards the light
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What happens on the lower side of the shoot and the roots in phototropism?
The lower side of the shoot elongates and roots grow away from the ground
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What happens on the dark side of the root in phototropism?
The dark side of the root becomes shorter and the roots grow away from the light
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What happens on the light side of the root in phototropism?
The lower side of the root becomes shorter and the roots turn downwards into the earth
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Where does negative phototropism occur?
The roots
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Where does positive phototropism occur?
The shoots
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What is micropropagation?
A technique used to produce large numbers of identical plants
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Why can plants reproduce asexually from meristems?
Because they are undifferentiated cells capable of indeterminate growth
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What is vegetative propagation?
When a plant cutting is used to reproduce asexually in the native environment
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What is it called when plant tissues are cultured in the laboratory in order to reproduce asexually?
Micropropagation
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What is selected during the micropropagation?
Specific plant tissue from a stock plant which is then sterilised
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What is the explant?
The tissue sample
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Where is the tissue sample during micropropagation grown?
On a sterile nutrient agar gel
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What is the explant treated with and why?
It is treated with growth hormones to stimulate shoot and root development
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What happens to the growing shoots in micropropagation?
They can be continuously divided and separated to form new samples
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During micropropagation, what happens once the root and shoot developed?
The cloned plant can be transferred to soil
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Why is micropropagation used?
To rapidly produce large numbers of cloned plants under controlled conditions
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What are the three reasons to use micropropagation?
Rapid bulking Virus free strains Propagation of rare species
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Why are desirable stock plants cloned via micropropagation?
To conserve the fidelity of the selected characteristics
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Why is micropropagation more reliable than selective breeding?
Because new plants created are genetically identical to the stock plant
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How do plant viruses spread through infected plants?
Via the vascular tissue
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How can propagating plants prevent viruses?
Propagating plants from non infected meristems allows for the rapid reproduction of virus free plant strains
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What does micropropagation do for rare species?
Increases the number of them
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Why does micropropagation help orchids?
Because they are difficult to breed sexually
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What helps increase numbers of species commercially in demand?
Micropropagation

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