Alive; seeds must be alive in order to germinate. Related Images:
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Vegetative propagation
The increase of plants by asexual means using vegetative parts. Normally results in a population of identical individuals. Can occur by either natural means (e.g., bulblets, cormels, offsets, plantlets, or runners) or artificial means (e.g. cuttings, division, budding, grafting, or layering). Related Images:
Totipotency
The ability of any cell to develop into an entire plant. Related Images:
Tissue culture
The process of generating new plants by placing small pieces of plant material onto a sterile medium. Related Images:
Style
The usually elongated part of the pistil that connects the ovary to the stigma. Related Images:
Stigma
The upper part of the pistil which receives the pollen. The stigma is often sticky, or covered with fine hairs or grooves, or other anatomical features that help the pollen to adhere. It may be cleft into several parts. Related Images:
Stem cutting
A section of a stem prepared for vegetative propagation, a cutting. Related Images:
Stamens or staminate
The male fertilizing organ of a flower, typically consisting of a pollen-containing anther and a filament; flowers with no pistil (stamens only), also called imperfect because they lack the pistil. Related Images:
Seed
Matured ovule that occurs as, or in, mature fruits. Related Images:
Scion
The portion of a plant or cultivar that is grafted onto a separate rootstock, consisting of a piece of shoot with dormant buds that will produce the stem and branches. Related Images: