Exam 1 Flashcards
T/F: All incomplete flowers are imperfect.
False
T/F: When we eat potatoes we are eating part of the plant’s root.
False
T/F: Dioecious plants have perfect flowers
False
High temps increase transpiration
True
China produces more fruit & vegetables than any other country in the world.
True
Leaf veins in dicots are parallel
False
5 careers in the horticultural industry.
winemaker, vineyard manager, greenhouse manager, landscape specialist, floral designer
Define horticulture
Horticulture is the science and art of producing, improving, marketing, and using fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants.”
Name three parts of a pistil
ovary, style, stigma
Pomology
Science and practice of growing, harvesting, processing, and marketing fruits and nuts
Floriculture
Growing and production of flowers and foliage plants
Corolla
Collective term for the petals of a flower
Samara
A dry indehiscent fruit that has one seed and a wing-like structure formed from the ovary wall; ex. maple
Perennial
A plant that can live more than two years
Olericulture
Science and practice of growing, harvesting, processing, and marketing vegetables
Monoecious
A plant species that has pistillate (female) and staminate (male) flowers on the same plant. ex. corn
Follicle
A dry dehiscent fruit that splits along only one suture. Ex. milkweed
Pome
A fruit made of several carpels; the outer flesh layer is derived from the hypanthium of the flower. ex. pear
Lateral
A type of meristem that is responsible for the increase in girth, or secondary growth, of biennial and perennial
Biennial
A plant that requires two seasons to complete its life cycle
Perianth
All sepals and petals together
Arboriculture
Cultivation of woody plants, especially trees, shrubs, and vines, in the landscape
Hesperidium
Fruit composed of several carpels w/inner juice sacs enclosed in a leathery rind. ex. orange
Turfgrass science
Culture and utilization of grass for lawns, golf courses, athletic fields, recreations areas, and commercial areas
Dioecious
A plant species that has pistillate (female) and staminate (male) flowers on different plants. ex. holly
of cotyledons in embryo for monocots
one
of cotyledons in embryo for dicots
two
of flower parts for monocots
multiples of 3
of flower parts for dicots
multiples of 4s or 5s
Equation for photosynthesis
Co2+6H2O –light–> C6H12O6+6O2
Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable. Why?
Botanically a fruit. Horticulturally a vegetable. The definition for a botanical fruit is a mature ovary w/seeds so therefore a tomato would be included. But horticultural vegetable is used for a savory meal which would be a tomato.
3 steps of cellular respiration
- Glycolysis 2. Krebs Cycle 3. Electron Chain Transport
On woody plants, the small pores on the stems (woody stems) that permit gas exchange are called
lenticels
Process by which a plant naturally cools its leaf surface via the evaporation of water at the leaf surface is called
transpiration
Which of the following is the correct format for the Ca. Wonder cultivar of bell pepper
(italics) Capsium annuum cv. California Wonder
Who founded the American Society for Horticulturial Science?
Liberty Hyde Bailey
In the binomial system of nomenclature and classification, which of the following taxa is more inclusive (larger group of plants) than class?
Division
The group of vascular plants that reproduces by spores:
Pteridophyta
The botanist who credited w/developing the binomial system of nomenclature was:
Carl Linnaeus
Roots that form on tissue other than root tissue derived from the root apical meristem are called
Adventitious roots
The science of classifying and naming plants according to their presumed evolutionary relationship to each other is called:
Taxonomy
Compressed underground stems w/fleshy, overlapping leaves that resemble scales are called:
Bulbs
A fruit in which individual pistils from one flower develop into tiny fruitlets on a single receptacle is called:
Aggregate fruit
Bark is composed of
phloem, cork cambium, cork
