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Exam 1 Flashcards

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GW Carver

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prof. at tuskgee and isu alum

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spencer beach

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pomologist and hort. dept. head

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liberty h. bailey

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father of american horticulutre

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griffith buck

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prof at ISU and rose breeder

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charles hall

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watermelon breeder and hort dept. head

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gregor mendal

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monk and pea breeder

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carl linneaus

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binomial nomenclature

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8
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suel foster

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proposed iowa farmers college - isu

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fredrick l. olmstead

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father of landscape architecture

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ada hayden

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prof. at isu and praire expert

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11
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luther burbank

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plant breeder of potatoes and daises

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s. hale

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plant physiologist, movement of sap

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j. priestly

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plant physiologist, oxygen from plants

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charles darwin

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theory of evolution, how to group plants/inheritable traits

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august eichler

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german botanist/plant classification, author of classification system today

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thomas jefferson

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president, american wine industry

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luis pasteur

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germ disease, spontaneous generation, fermentation

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18
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j. l. budd

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dept. head. fruit and nursery specialist, hardy plants from russia

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19
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plant classification system

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kingdom, division, class, subclass, order, family, genus, species

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variety

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variant that exists naturally

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cultivar

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cultivated variety, variant within a species that is cultivated for its distinct variation

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forma

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subdivision of a species with slight genetic variation giving rise to a different apperance/form

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hybrid

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hybridization or crossing of different species or genera (interspecific or intergeneric)

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24
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parts of a scientific name

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genus + specific epithet (lowercase) + additional items

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25
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parts of a scientific name

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genus + specific epithet (lowercase) + authority + cultivar (single quote)

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protoplast

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controls activity of the cell. cell without cell wall

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cytoplast

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jelly like liquid, supports the parts in a cell, suspension medium

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28
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plasma membrane

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pectin in middle lamella

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cell wall

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regulates what enters and extis the cell

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30
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plasmodesmata

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plant wall channels that allow molecules to communicate

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31
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endoplasmic reticulum

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producer of protiens rough or smooth

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32
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ribosomes

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biological protien sunthesis machines

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33
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golgi apparatus

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pita looking, transports and sorts protiens

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34
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plastids

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plant organelles, stores food, double membrane

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nucleus

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contains DNA and chromosomes

36
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vacuole

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repsonsible for turgor and storage

37
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mitochondria

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powerhouse of cell, produces energy to ATP

38
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apical meristem

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growing point shoot and root tips

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lateral meristem

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cells responsible for increase in girth of woody stems (cambium)

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intercalary meristem

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isolated, dividing regions near leaf bases (grasses)

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subapical meristem

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rapidly elongated region of flowering shoot of normally rosetted plants (beets, radish, lettuce)

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parenchyma

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simple, thing walled live cells, all ground cells and make up main tissue (fleshy portion of fruits, tubers

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collenchyma

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thick, live walled parenchyma cells, mechanical support (celery)

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sclerenchyma

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fibers and sclereids, add stength and support plants (walnut , peach pit) dead at maturity, no organelles

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xylem

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non living, principal water conducting tissues

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phloem

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mostly living, principal food conducting tissues

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cambium

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tissue responsible for increase in diameter of plants

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chimera

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genetic mutation in certain cells causing morphological differences, happens at meristem

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taproot

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biannual, primary root expands (carrot)

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fibrous root

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primary root branches (onion, strawberry)

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tuberous root

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enlarged fleshy structure with adventitious buds (sweet potato, dahlia)

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contractile roots

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many bulbs, temporary roots that help push down bulb to depth it grows

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adventitious roots

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arise from another plant part (cuttings)

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indeterminate stem growth

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shoot tip continues growth

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determinate stem growth

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shoot tip does not continue stem growth, terminal bud

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rhizome

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horizontal underground stem, below soil

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tuber

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swollen stem (potato)

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bulb

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flattened stem surrounded by fleshy leaves
- tunicate (garic)
- scaly (onion)

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corm

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ground modifications of stems

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stolon

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runner, grows horizontally at soil surface

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spur

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short, compacted stem

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crown

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compressed stem

63
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watersprout

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shoot arising from latent buds along stems

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tendrils

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stem. leaf adapted to help climb, vine

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thorns/prickles

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stems/leaves to protect plant

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complete flower

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has all four sets of floral wholrs present

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incomplete flower

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missing one or more sets of four floral whorls
- pistillate: missing stamens, female
- staminate: missing pistil, male

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superior/hypogynous

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ovary out

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inferior/perigynous

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ovary in middle

70
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half superior/epigynous

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ovary completely in

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peduncle

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main stem or branch

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pedicel

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secondary branching

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determinate flowers

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flowers open top to bottom

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catkin

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type of spike with male flowers

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corymb

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pedicels of lower flowers longer than pedicels of upper flowers

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panicle

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clusters of branched racemes, lilac

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raceme

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stalked flower on predicels of equal length (snapdragon)

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umbel

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pedicels arise from common point/equal length (milkweed)

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spadix

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fleshy spike with small male flowers about small female flowers (peace lily)

80
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capitulum

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head, disc shaped with short axis, seesile flowers (sunflowers)

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cyme

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central kind, opens first (strawberries)

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simple fruit

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formed from single ovary from one flower (majority of flowers)

83
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aggregate

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fruit formed from many ovaries in single flower (rasberry)

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multiple

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fruit formed from seperate closley clubstered flowers ) pineapple, banana)

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indeterminate flowers

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open bottom to top or out to in

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