Exam 37: Reproduction in Flowering Plants

In photoperiodic responses in plants, the factor to which plants respond is the

Which characteristic is representative of some wind-dispersed seeds?

Fruits

A vegetative meristem must _______ in order to begin switching to floral development.

Much of the fruit grown in the United States, including wine grapes, is grown on

Flowers having both stamens and carpels are called

The mature female gametophyte is an embryo sac containing _______ haploid nuclei.

Which statement about the stamen and the carpel or pistil is true?

Compare and contrast asexual and sexual reproduction in plants.In which category does self-fertilization belong?

Instead of germinating immediately after release, many seeds undergo an inactive period of _______.

A new kind of mustard plant is found to flower with any length of day or night as long as it is at least 2 months old.What kind of plant is this?

You have discovered that your neighbor's bamboo plants are spreading into your yard.To stop this, what part of the plant must be killed or pruned?

You have discovered a mutant plant of a long-day species that does not flower in the appropriate conditions.You find that expression of florigen is low but that the gene for florigen is not mutated.It is likely that the mutation is in the _______ gene.

A newly discovered plant is thought to be wind-pollinated because of its exposure to regular, strong wind in spring and the lack of insect pollinators in its habitat.The presence of which characteristic would confirm this assumption?

Refer to the figure showing a Kalanchoe plant. Kalanchoe takes advantage of a relatively uncommon means of vegetative reproduction by using its

The female gametophyte of a flowering plant is called the _______.

Grafting usually involves attaching parts from _______ different plants.

The female gametophyte is called the _______, whereas the male gametophyte is called the _______.

Because apomixis is the formation of an embryo without fertilization of an egg by a sperm, it is theoretically possible that the genomic makeup of species performing this type of asexual reproduction is _______.

What is the name of the gene that codes for florigen?