BIOL 2010 Quiz: Life of a higher plant
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Seed biology: the kind of dormancy break thats not really visible- example is of a red. Can see outer suture lines where its starting to project after wintering in order to flower out. The time it will take for the flowers to bud out really depends on the temperature. 20 degrees, they may flower in 2-3 days. If you place these flowers in a warm environment, they will not flower out or break dormancy because they haven"t accumulated sufficient cold in order to flower out. Right now its colder so its accumulated enough cold and will flower out: [refer to notebook] - diversity of structures that are involved in hormones involved with higher plants. In the fall this hormone causes leaves to fall. Causes dormancy to stay over the winter period: the cytokinin in terms of cell division is actually a chemical that tends to induce cellular division and has an effect on the plant and animal system.
