Test Two Flashcards
Five Items Required on seed certification label
- Plant name and cultivar 2. Origin 3. Viability: Germination percentage 4. Percentage pure seed (normal Seedlings) 5. Percent noxious weed seed
Percentage pure seed
a. Pure Seed b. other crop seed c. weed seed d. inert material
5 recorded developmental responses for standard germination test.
- Normal seedlings 2. Abnormal seedlings 3. Dormant Seeds (swollen but dormant) 4. Hard seeds 5. Dead or decaying seeds
At what percent moisture are the following conditions likely to occur?
- Seed Death due to too little moisture -below 4% 2. Live insect infestation -8% 3. Fungal growth -12% 4. Heating due to bacterial growth -18% Germination -40%
Seed Death due to too little moisture
-below 4%
Live insect infestation
-8%
Fungal growth
-12%
Heating due to bacterial growth
-18%
Germination
-40%
Algae
Life cycle type: Haplontic, Diplontic, Diplobiontic -Sporophyte Ploidy: 2N #of cells: 1 zygote, many diplontic and diplobiontic meiotic cells: zygotic meiosis or oogonium and an theridium -Gametophyte ploidy: 1N #of cells: 1 to many Protection: None Fertilization: Open envoronment
Ferns
Life cycle type: Dilobiontic -Sporophyte Ploidy: 2N #of cells: Many meiotic cells: Spore mother Cells -Gametophyte ploidy: 1N #of cells: Many Protection: None Fertilization: in Archegonium
Genosperms
Life cycle type: Diplobiontic -Sporophyte Ploidy: 2n #of cells: Many meiotic cells: Megaspore, and megaspore mother cells in female and male cones -Gametophyte ploidy: 1n #of cells: Males: Few Females: many Protection: Males: no Females: yes (in ovules) Fertilization: in ovules
Angiosperms
Life cycle type: Diplobiontic -Sporophyte Ploidy: 2n #of cells: Many meiotic cells: Megaspore mother cells in ovules Microspore mothers in all others -Gametophyte ploidy: 1n #of cells: Male: 3 Female: 8 Protection: Male: no Female: Yes in ovary and ovule Fertilization: in ovules within ovaries
Fern Life Cycle
- Mature Sporophyte 2. Sporangium 3.Spore 4. Young Gametophyte 5. Antherridium -Sperm 6. Archegonium -Egg 7. Zygote 8. Gamophyte 9. New Sporophyte Blue- Haploid Green- Diploid
Gymnosperm Life Cycle
Pine tree 1. Staminate Cone 2. Ovulate Cone 3. Microspore mother cell 4. Megaspore mother cell 5. Meiosis 6. Surviving Megaspore 7. Meiosis 8. Egg 9. Megagameotophyte storage tissure 10.Ovule containing gameotophyte