Spring.wmf (18300 bytes) Plant Physiology (Biology 327)  - Dr. Stephen G. Saupe;  College of St. Benedict/ St. John's University;  Biology Department; Collegeville, MN  56321; (320) 363 - 2782; (320) 363 - 3202, fax;    ssaupe@csbsju.edu

Comprehensive Questions

Define or explain the following terms/concepts:

  • abscission
  • acid growth hypothesis
  • action spectrum
  • amyloplast
  • apical dominance
  • apical hook
  • apical meristem
  • basipetal
  • bioassay
  • bolting
  • boundary layer
  • bulk flow
  • calcium bridges
  • casparian strip
  • catalase
  • cavitation
  • cellulose
  • circumnutation
  • climacteric
  • cohesion-tension theory
  • coleoptile
  • cytokinesis
  • dormancy
  • dormancy
  • endodermis
  • epinasty
  • etiolation
  • field capacity
  • fluence
  • germination
  • gravitropism
  • guttation
  • hydrogen bond
  • imbibition
  • irradiance
  • latent heat of fusion
  • lignin
  • nyctinasty
  • P protein
  • parthenocarpy
  • phototropism
  • phragmoplast
  • plasmodesmata
  • plasmolysis
  • plastid
  • pressure-flow hypothesis
  • protoplast
  • root pressure
  • senescence
  • skototropism
  • statolith
  • stomatal apparatus
  • stratification
  • suberin
  • symplast
  • thigmomorphogenesis
  • transpiration-photosyn compromise
  • triple response
  • tropism
  • vernalization
  • water potential
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