Section B: Crop Production Flashcards
Uses of Plants
Food
Feed
Fuel
Main parts of plants
Roots
Stem
Infloresence
Role of photosynthesis
Allow plants to make their food by converting light energy from the sun into chemical energy.
Role of respiration
Essential for growth and maintenance of all plant tissues
Role of water and nutrient uptake
For plants to grow optimally, adequate nutrients and water uptake are necessary to maintain plant growth and development
Role of translocation
Communicating between organs, through the movement of plant hormones and other signaling molecules.
Role of photoperiodism
Enables plants to adapt to seasonal changes in their environment
Role of photoropism
Helps the plant get the most sunlight for making food in its leaves and helps the roots take in water and nutrients from the soil.
Types of Pollination
Self pollination
Cross pollination
Self pollination
Pollen from a flower’s male part moves to the female part of the same flower or another flower on the same plant.
Cross pollination
Pollen is transferred from the anther to the stigma of a flower of another plant of the same or a closely related species
Asexual Reproduction
Is the reproduction of new plants other than from seeds
Artificial Vegetative Reproduction
Creating new plants without seeds or natural methods
Vegetative Reproduction
Uses the parts of plants known as organs of perennation
Germination
The process during which the embryo develops into a seedling
