Plant Propagation
After we create genetically superior clones or populations of plants through breeding efforts, we must have a method to perpetuate, or propagate, these plants. Plant propagation techniques allow us to grow thousands of acres of a superior corn variety or to have the same day lily variety growing in thousands of yards. Some plants are most easily propagated through sexual reproduction via seed propagation. With other plants, asexual reproduction methods are used more extensively.
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- Figure 14.15 The Moonshadow variety of carnation contains a petunia gene for blue color.
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Essentials of Human Physiology
This ebook provides an introductory explanation of the workings of the human body, with an effort to draw connections between the body systems and explain their interdependencies. A framework for the book is homeostasis and how the body maintains balance within each system. This is intended as a first introduction to physiology for a college-level course.
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