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Cutting

(Science: botany) portion of a stem, root, or leaf cut from the parent plant for the production of a new independent plant by inducing it to form shoots and roots under favorable environmental conditions (for example, stem cuttings, leaf cuttings, leaf-bud cuttings, and root cuttings).


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HELP NEEDED- PLANT TRANSPIRATION!

Were all plant cuttings roughly the same mass and surface area? Was the water level in each beaker equal? Were temperature and humidity held constant over all samples? What type of light was the light sample in? Was the dark sample ...

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by AstusAleator
Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:30 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: HELP NEEDED- PLANT TRANSPIRATION!
Replies: 6
Views: 2534

HELP NEEDED- PLANT TRANSPIRATION!

... wondering if anyone who knows about plant transpiration would like to help me with a year 12 Biology assignment! I did an experiment using plant cuttings in a beaker of water in different conditions such as light and dark and wind (in front of a floor fan) and no wind. According to research that ...

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by jeffress
Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:50 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: HELP NEEDED- PLANT TRANSPIRATION!
Replies: 6
Views: 2534

Microwaved Water

Interesting :) But are those new cuttings or were the plants newly potted? I would try it with more established plants and repeat several more times to be conclusive.

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by Linn
Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:06 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Microwaved Water
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Views: 7849

Its the Freshman again !! I NEED HELP ON OSMOSIS

... reproduces an entire organism. On a larger scale, cell division can create progeny from multicellular organisms, such as plants that grow from cuttings. But most importantly, cell division enables sexually reproducing organisms to develop from the one-celled zygote, which itself was produced ...

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by dipjyoti
Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:18 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Its the Freshman again !! I NEED HELP ON OSMOSIS
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Do the roots produce hormones rhizogenic

... in structure to IAA. Synthetic auxins, like naphthalene acetic acid, of NAA, are used extensively to promote root formation on stem and leaf cuttings

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by SU_reptile
Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:17 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Do the roots produce hormones rhizogenic
Replies: 3
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