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Essential Standard 4.00: Examine factors relating to
plant growth and development.
Objective 4.01
Explain the growth process of plants
Processes of plant growth
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Absorption
Transpiration
Translocation
Reproduction
Photosynthesis
The food and manufacturing process in green
plants that combines carbon dioxide and water
in the presence of light to make sugar and
oxygen.
The main product of Photosynthesis is Sugar
and the Byproduct is Oxygen
Formula:
6CO2+6H2O+672Kcal C6H12O6+6O2
Carbon Light Glucose
Water Oxygen
Dioxide Energy Sugar
Respiration
The process through which plant
leaves, stems and roots consume
oxygen and give off carbon dioxide.
Plants produce much more oxygen
through photosynthesis than they
use through respiration.
Absorption
The process by which plant roots
take in water and air
Transpiration
The process by which plants lose
water from leaves and stems
through evaporation
Translocation
The process by which food and
nutrients are moved within a plant
from one plant part to another
Reproduction
The plant process that increases
plant numbers
usually by seeds
The two main methods of
reproduction are sexual or asexual
Osmosis
The process by which minerals
enter the plant through cell walls.
The process by which water enters
the plant through cell walls.
Light and Moisture
Light
Photoperiodism - response of plants to different
amounts of light regarding their flowering and
reproduction cycles
Short day plants require long nights to flower.
Example: Poinsettia
Long day plants require short nights to flower.
Example: Spinach
Necessary because of photosynthesis
Not enough light causes long, slender, spindly stems
Too much light will cause plants to dry out faster
Phototropism is the tendency for plants to grow
toward a light source.
Moisture
Needed in large amounts because plant
tissues are mostly water and water
carries nutrients
90% of plant tissue is made of water
Not enough water causes wilting and
stunted growth
Too much water causes small root systems
and drowning which is a result of air
spaces in soil being filled with water
Stages of Plant Growth
1. Juvenile is when plants first start to grow
from a seed.
2. Vegetative is the second stage of growth
that begins after the plant begins
photosynthesis and actively grows leaves,
stems, and roots prior to flowering
3. Reproductive is when plants produce
flowers, seeds and fruit.
4. Dormant is when plants rest or grows very
little.
Hardiness Zones
Endosperm
Seedlings (small plants)
Transplant when first true
leaves appear
Reduce humidity and
water and make
environment more like
outside to “harden off”
plants
The first sets of leaves
are called cotyledons.
Monocots produce one
seed leaf.
Dicots produce two
seed leaves.
True leaves are the second
set of leaves
Seeds to Seedlings
Advantages of Sexual
Reproduction
Fast way to get many plants
Easy to do
Economical
Disadvantages of Sexual
Reproduction
Some plants, especially hybrids, do not
reproduce true to parents
Some plants are difficult to propagate
from seeds
Examples of plants
started by seed
Marigold
Impatiens
Begonia
Coleus
Salvia,
Shasta daisy
Pansy
Asexual Reproduction
Uses growing plant parts other than seeds
Types of asexual reproduction:
cuttings
layering
division or separation
budding
grafting
tissue culture
Rooting from Cuttings
Rooting media should be about 4 inches deep
Best time of day is early mornings because plants have
more moisture
Types of cuttings:
stem
leaf
root
Herbaceous plants are soft-tissue plants.
Woody plants are plants that produce woody tissue.
Stem Cuttings
Using a small piece of stem to reproduce
plants
Using hormones and dipping in fungicides
help speed up rooting
Fungicide first to prevent Rot then a Rooting
Hormone to speed root development.
Rootone is a Rooting Hormone
Stem Cuttings-Step 1
Approach
Graft
Wedge
Graft
Grafting Terms
Scion-the piece of plant at the top of the
graft
Rootstock-the piece of the plant at the
root or bottom of the graft
Example of plants that can be grafted:
Sweetgum (Fruitless Sweetgum) and
Pecan
Methods of Grafting
If the scion and rootstock are the same
size
wedge
splice
side
notch
bark inlay
Budding
A form of grafting when a bud is used
patch budding
T-budding
Chip Budding
Example: Rose Chip
Budding
How to perform T-budding
Step 2
Step 4
Step 1 Step 3
Tissue Culture or
Micropropagation
Use of Cells to produce a new plant
A sterile environment is necessary for micropropagation (biotechnology)
It is a good way to get the most plants in a short period of time.
It will give you a plant identical to the parent plant.
An example would be impatiens and many flower and vegetable plants.
Advantages of Asexual
Reproduction
Plants mature in a shorter time
Budding is faster than grafting
In trench layering, a plant forms at each
node on a covered stem
Some plants do not produce viable seed
New plants are the same as the parent
plant
Disadvantages of Asexual
Reproduction
Some require special equipment and
skills, such as grafting
Cuttings detach plant parts from water
and nutrient source
Some plants are patented making
propagation illegal
Additional Plant Propagation
Vocabulary
Corm is an enlarged, bulb-like,
fleshy structure found at the base of
a stem.
Usually flattened and round.
Examples: gladiolus and crocus.
Rhizome is a creeping underground
stem, usually horizontal, that
produces roots and leaves at the
nodes.
Examples: cannas and bearded Iris.
Additional Plant
Propagation Vocabulary
Stolon is a creeping above ground stem
that grows horizontally and produces
roots and shoots at the nodes.
Example: strawberry.
Tuber is a swollen, modified stem that
grows underground.
Example: potato.
Sucker is a shoot or stem that originates
from the roots.