Prepare for HORT 1013 Exam 1 with this comprehensive Dunn Horticulture study resource featuring exam questions and answers on core horticultural principles, plant science, propagation, plant growth regulation, seed biology, plant anatomy, and growing media. Review essential definitions and applications of horticulture, pomology, viticulture, olericulture, and postharvest horticulture, alongside the reasons for asexual propagation, including clone preservation, propagation of seedless plants, reduced juvenile periods, and control of plant growth form. Key topics include auxins, B-Nine, Cycocel, Bonzi, Piccolo, chemical growth retardants, application methods, and symptoms of phytotoxicity. Strengthen your understanding of annuals, biennials, perennials, geophytes, vernalization, plant developmental layers, the endoplasmic reticulum, determinate growth, xylem, phloem, and flower anatomy. The resource also covers fertilization and seed development, embryo formation, endosperm development, albuminous and exalbuminous seeds, seed stratification, abscisic acid (ABA), epigeous and hypogeous germination, and binomial plant nomenclature. Explore growing-medium characteristics and selection considerations, including sphagnum peat moss advantages and disadvantages, coir properties and salt-management concerns, and perlite's aeration benefits, cost, and dust precautions. Designed for horticulture students and learners preparing for HORT 1013 Exam 1, this exam-focused resource helps organize foundational concepts in plant propagation, physiology, reproduction, seed germination, plant classification, and greenhouse growing media for efficient revision.
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HORT 1013 Exam 1, Hort
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,Horticulture
The agricultural discipline concerned with the art and science of working with intensively
cultivated crops.
Pomology
Study of fruit
Viticulture
The growing and study of grapes and vines
Olericulture
Vegetable production, shipping and processing, including home and commercial
Post Harvest Horticulture
to maintain the quality of horticultural crops after harvest
,Why do we propagate some plants asexually?
1. maintenance of clones
2. Propagation of seedless plants
3.Avoidance of long juvenile period (a time when a plant is not ready to flower)
4. Control of growth form
Auxin
Promotes root growth and inhibits shoot growth
When do you apply Auxin?
When a plant only needs to develop roots
*when it already has shoots or shoot buds
B-Nine
*most commonly used growth retardant
*applied as foliar spray
Cycocel
*chemical growth retardant
*foliar spray or media drench
*phytotoxicity= yellow leaf margins, patches, spots or rings
Bonzi or Piccolo
*drench or foliar spray
*chemical growth retardant
*chemical must contact stems or roots
, Annuals
*plants the complete their lifecycle in one growing season and then die
Biennials
*complete their lifecycle in two growing seasons
Perennials
*live more than two growing seasons
Geophyte
*perennial
*bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome
Vernalization
making ready for spring
L1
epidermis