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PLANT PROPAGATION
PROP TERMS FOR AGRICULTURE SCIENCE 9-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| INCREASING NUMBERS OF A PLANT SPECIES | PROPAGATION |
| MAKING OF A NEW PLANT OR ANIMAL | REPRODUCTION |
| UNION OF AN EGG AND SPERM RESULTING IN A SEED | SEXUAL REPRODUCTION |
| USES A PART OR PARTS OF ONLY ONE PARENT PLANT FOR PROPAGATION | ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION |
| WHEN A SEED SPROUTS AND BEGINS TO GROW | GERMINATION |
| WHEN A PLANT IS IN A RESTING STATE | DORMANCY |
| WHEN A SEED IS NICKED WITH A KNIFE OR FILE TO PROMOTE GERMINATION | SCARIFY |
| WHEN A SEED IS ALIVE AND CAPABLE OF GERMINATION | VIABLE |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEED THAT GERMINATES | GERMINATION RATE |
| HERBACEOUS AND WOODY PLANTS ARE OFTEN PROPAGATED THIS WAY | CUTTINGS |
| A PESTICIDE THAT WILL HELP PREVENT DISEASES | FUNGICIDE |
| A CHEMICAL THAT WILL REACT WITH THE NEWLY FORMED CELLS ADN ENCOURAGE THE PLANT TO DEVELOP ROOTS FASTER | ROOTING HORMONE |
| A CUTTING MADE FROM A LEAF WITH A PETIOLE CUT TO LESS THAN HALF AN INCH | LEAF CUTTING |
| A SECTION OF A ROOT CUT USED FOR PROPAGATION PURPOSES, TYPICALLY IN PERENNIALS | ROOT CUTTING |
| PLACING A BRANCH OF AN EXISTING PLANT UNDER GROWING MEDIUM TO INDUCE ADVENTITIOUS ROOT GROWTH | LAYERING |
| PROCEDURE FOR JOINING TWO PLANT PARTS TOGETHER (SCION AND ROOTSTOCK) SO THEY WILL GROW AS ONE | GRAFTING |
| TOP OF THE STEM AND LEAVES OF A PLANT THAT IS TO BE PROPAGATED/GRAFTED | SCION |
| ROOT SYSTEM AND STEM OF A PLANT ON WHICH ANOTHER PLANT IS GRAFTED | ROOTSTOCK |
| WHERE THE SCION AND ROOTSTOCK MEET | GRAFT UNION |
| A PLANT NUTRIENT MEDIUM IN WHICH PLANT TISSUES ARE PLACED DURING THE TISSUE-CULTURE PROCESS | AGAR |