HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF HORTICULTURE
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Jennifer is using Rootone on her poinsettia cuttings. She knows that an advantage of using hormones on cuttings is that they:
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aid in photosynthesis.
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decrease water needs
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C. keep the leaves from dropping.
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spread root development
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Jennifer is using “Rootone” on her poinsettia cuttings. She knows that an advantage of using hormones on cuttings is that they: Speed root development.
Detailed explanation-2: -The cut stem is planted in the moist soil where it can first develop roots and then into a new plant. The plants that can be grown using vegetative propagation are sugarcane, rose, pineapple, and grapes.
Detailed explanation-3: –Plants like roses, grapes, sugarcane, bougainvillea, citrus, ocoa, carnations, durant and many other plants are commonly developed by stem cutting methods.-Herbs like mint, rosemary, thyme, herbaceous annuals, creepers and climbers and flowering trees like gliricidia etc can be grown by stem cutting.
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