A reference section with categories and short explanations.
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The totality of structural and physiological characteristics of an organism and plant responses, including genetic changes, that ensure the ability to exist under specific environmental conditions and the resilience required for preservati…
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An infection that causes plant rot.
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Scorching, discoloration of the stem caused by overheating of the air or by its high dryness.
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A group of cells from which the development of an organism begins (primordium bud, flower bud).
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Growing medium for plants composed of various components.
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Prickles arranged in the form of a ridge.
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Branch of botany that studies the regularities of structure and the processes of morphogenesis in plants during the life processes of their generations from their origin to the present species (in their ontogeny and phylogeny).
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The set of leaf-like parts in a flower that surround the stamens and pistil. In a simple perianth there are only the petals of the corolla; in a double perianth — the petals and the sepals of the calyx.
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Presence of hair-like outgrowths on the epidermis of many plants.
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Transfer of pollen from the anthers of stamens to the stigma of the pistil.
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Winds from Argentina and Uruguay, blowing from the extensive grassy plains — the pampas.
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In this case, plants that parasitize other plants, i.e., living on the surface of a host and obtaining from it food in the form of ready-made organic substances.
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A method of disinfecting biological substances, the essence of which is that conditions favorable for the development of microorganisms are first created and their spores germinate, then the temperature is raised and the active microbes di…
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An organism capable of causing disease.
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A collection of pathogenic microorganisms.
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A periodically recurring state in which a cactus shows no visible signs of growth.
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(From Greek peri - near, about and sperma - seed) - a storage tissue of the seed used by the embryo during germination; develops from the nucellus and consists of diploid cells.
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The part of the root system farthest from the stem and performing the main function of roots - absorption of solutions.
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Granular quartz, a porous white mineral substrate that can replace sand. When thermally treated, perlite and vermiculite produce a lightweight, expanded material. Incorporating these components into the soil significantly improves its phys…
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The female organ of a flower, formed by one or several carpels. Consists of a lower hollow, usually swollen part - the ovary, a slender style, and a stigma of various shapes.
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(From Latin pigmentum - paint) - colored compounds that occur in the tissues of an organism; their color is determined by the selective absorption of sunlight
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Transplanting seedlings.
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Plants that develop in burned areas.
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(From Greek plastides - creators, formers) - cellular organelles in which synthesis and transformations of substances and energy, etc., take place.
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(From Greek pleion - more, and kotyledon - cup-shaped vessel) - the phenomenon of formation in the embryo of more than two cotyledons, multicotyledony (synonym - politilia). Characteristic of gymnosperms.
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A noticeable number of individuals of a single species, freely interbreeding with one another, occurring within a defined territory and separated from similar aggregations.
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We were unable to find this term in the available domestic and foreign literature. Botanists at the Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences were also unable to explain its meaning.
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The formation of a plant organ from another organ whose development has ended. For example, the sprouting of a flower or fruit, resulting in the appearance on them of a shoot, a new fruit, or a flower.
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Presumed ancestral (mother, progenitor) form from which the other species of this group may have originated.
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Plants adapted to living in sandy habitats, able to resist being blown away and being buried.
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A specific formation on the lateral surface of stems in their upper part, forming a dense pubescence of areoles. It differs from a true cephalium in that the ribs are not modified and the areoles do not become closely spaced.
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The flesh of a juicy fruit.
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Reproduction of individuals through the process of propagation.
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A branch of botany that develops a natural classification of plants based on the study of the origins and causes of formation of particular taxonomic units, including analysis of their historical development and the establishment of stable…
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Insertion, deletion, or alteration of one of the nucleotides in a molecule of chromosomal DNA.
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Plants with similar duration and timing of the onset and end of the vegetative period and dormancy.
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System of knowledge about seasonal phenomena of nature and the timing of their changes.
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(From Greek phaino - I appear, I reveal and type) the aggregate of all traits and properties of an individual that have formed in the process of interaction between its genotype and the external environment. In other words, a particular ca…
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Organic substances, growth regulators (auxins, etc.).
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A branch of botany that studies the general patterns of the life activities of plant organisms (metabolism, nutrition, growth, reproduction, developmental phases).
