Agronomy and Horticulture Department
Flowering Principles
Date of this Version
2003
Document Type
Article
Citation
Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary (PASSeL) Lesson
Abstract
What is a "flower" and what are its structures? How do the male and female parts operate to produce seed? Monoecious versus dioecious; perfect versus imperfect.
Objectives
At the completion of this lesson, the student should be able to:
- Identify the flower as the specialized plant part that allows for sexual reproduction.
- Know the structures of the flower, including the male and female reproductive features.
- Describe how the male and female structures operate in allowing for seed development.
- Differentiate plants that are monoecious or dioecious from plants that have perfect flowers.
- Know that flower development will occur during a specific time period.
- Predict the success in seed production given the synchrony and status of the development of the male and female flowers or flowering parts.
- Demonstrate how plant breeders use their knowledge of flowering and flower structure to make controlled crosses in plants.
- Choose the specific flower manipulation steps required by plant breeders who work with different plant species.
Modules:
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Comments
Copyright © 2019 Don Lee and Kim Todd. Used by permission.
This project was supported in part by the National Research Initiative Competitive Grants CAP project 2011-68002-30029 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, administered by the University of California-Davis and by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Undergraduate Education, National SMETE Digital Library Program, Award #0938034, administered by the University of Nebraska. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USDA or NSF.
Development of this lesson was supported in part by the Cooperative State Research, Education, & Extension Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture under Agreement Number PX2003-06237 administered by Cornell University, Virginia Tech and the American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) and in part by the New Mexico and Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Stations. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.