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20 Cards in this Set
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Stem Cutting |
Section of the stem or branch is cut
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Air layering |
Section of the stem or branch has the bark removed
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Tissue culture |
Common method of asexual production utilizing extremely small amounts of plant material.
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Division |
Physically separating a plant into several smaller plantlets.
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Grafting |
The process of removing plant material from one plant for incorporation into another plant.
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Cloning |
Allows rapid production of large numbers of genetically identical organisms
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Fertilization |
The union of haploid cells in both plants and animals.
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Embryo |
a fertilized egg / ovule that will grow to produce new offspring.
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Ovary |
organ responsible for the production of eggs / ova in plants and animals.
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Sperm Sexing |
utilizes a cytometer cell sorter to separate male sperm from female sperm.
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Invitro Fertilization |
method of removing eggs from a mother for fertilization under laboratory conditions.
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Cross-pollination |
Method used to select particular parents for the production of seed in plants.
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Haploid Cells |
pertaining to a single set of chromosomes.
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Diploid Cells |
having two similar complements of chromosomes.
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Binary |
consisting of, indicating, or involving two.
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Pollination |
the transfer of male pollen to the female reproductive organs.
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Germination |
the initial vegetative growth of a seed.
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Anther |
top of the male part of a flower, contains pollen.
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Filaments |
long slender stock on which the anther sits.
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Stigma |
the swollen end of the pistil, sticky to receive the pollen.
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