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Module 1: Introduction to Plant Propagation and Production Flashcards

1
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What is plant propagation?

A

The process of producing new plants and preserving their unique qualities

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2
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What is plant domestication?

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Wild plants are selected and adapted for human use

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3
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What date was most of the common techniques of plant propagation known?

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2400 BC

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3
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What is agriculture?

A

The cultivation of plants and animals for human use?

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3
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What is a greenhouse?

A

Built to create appropriate environments for plants that originated in other parts of the world

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What are the 5 basic activities within plant agriculture?

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Plant selection
Plant propagation
Crop production
Crop handling and storage
Food technology

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3
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Who developed ornamental horticulture to a high level?

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The Romans

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What were the divisions of plant agriculture into 3 fields during AD 750 to 1500)

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Agronomy
Horticulture
Forestry

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What is seed propagation?

A

Form of sexual propagation and results in plants with different genetic material from the parent plant

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What are cuttings?

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May require intermittent misting and rooting hormone

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What is layering?

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Adventitious roots are produced where the stems come in contact with the soil

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8
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What are bulbs?

A

Compressed stems with a basal plate

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9
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What are corms?

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Thickened underground bases of stems

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10
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What are tubers?

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Swollen underground stems with growth buds

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What are tuberous roots?

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Swollen sections of root

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What are rhizomes?

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Underground horizontal stems in a variety of thicknesses

13
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What is plant division?

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Separation of a plant into many self supporting ones

14
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What is grafting?

A

Joining of two separate plants so that they grow as one

15
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What is budding?

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The bud from one plant is inserted into a recipient plant

16
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What is micropropagation?

A

Producing a large number of plants through tissue culture

Plant Propagation and Production (2 decks)

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