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Enviromental Factor:

Light

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A form of electromagnetic radiation

-radiant energy

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Light quality

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determined by type of wavelengths

(shorter the wavelength the higher the energy)

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Photosynthesis is driven by specific wavelengths of light

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roughly equivalent to visible light (red thru violet)

  • long wavelengths do not excite chlorophyll (e.g. infrared light)
  • short lengths can break molecular bonds (e.g. ultraviolet light)
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Light-Quality:

Intensity

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of photons per unit area per unit time

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Light- Quality:

Duration

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length of time light is recieved

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Light Intensity

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Sunlight is more intense near the equator, and less intense the the closer you get to the poles. Also affected by cloud cover and elevation (higher latitude more change).
(more angle= less intensity)

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Light Duration

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Days are longer in the summer than in the winter.

Change in day length is greater near the poles and very small at the equator.

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Total Radiation =

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daylength x intensity

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Rate of Photosynthesis

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Increases with increasing light intensity but species differ in their adaption to light level.

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Non-photosynthetic reactions are…

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  • flowering due to photo-period
  • seed dormancy
  • etiolation
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Non-photosynthetic reactions are…

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  • flowering due to photo-period
  • seed dormancy
  • etiolation-competition for sun- marshal energy to elongation to reach the sun
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Responses to light

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  • phototropism
  • stomatal opening
  • sleep movements
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Water

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water availability is one of the key indicators of plant species adaption to a region

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Water Funtions

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  • solvent of plant chemistry
  • turgor -the pressure applied to have enough water in the plant
  • transport (nutrients and sugars)
  • cooling/ temperature buffer
  • reactant/ source of H and O
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Water Properties

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Cohesion- attraction of like molecules to one another

In Xylem- water molecules move in units

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Water Properties

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Diffusion- movement of a substance from high concentration of low concentration by random motion

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Water Properties

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Osmosis- diffusion of a liquid across a selectively permeable membrane until the concentration of the fluid is equal on both sides of the membrane
(water has random molecular motions)

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Osmosis

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the ratio and the solute molecules is the same on both sides of the membrane -osmosis balances the number of water and solute molecules, regardless of size or weight

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Water Potential

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tendency of water molecules to move

  • diffuse
  • evaporate
  • be absorbed
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Water Potential

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expressed in terms of pressure

  • positive values indicate push
  • negative values indicate suction
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Water Potential

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water moves from higher potential to lower potential
ie.
  \+3 to +1
  \+1 to -1
  -2 to -4
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Plant water potential

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Composed of osmotic and pressure components

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Osmotic Potential

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the portion of water actively constrained by interaction with dissolved substances -potentials are negative (a tension or pull on water)

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Pressure Potential

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the portion of water actively contributed by compression of stretch surfaces- pressure potentials are positive (a pressure or a push on water)

In cells due to positive push of cell wall and negative xylem due to the pull of the atmosphere.

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Water Potential
water potential at any point in the plant is the algabreic sum of it's components. ie. (-4)+(+2)= -2
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Water Potential
water potential at any point in the plant is the algabreic sum of it's components. ie. (-4)+(+2)= -2 Water Potential = osmotic potential + pressure potential
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Homeostasis
maintanence of a constant physical and chemical environment within an organism
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Transpiration
release of water vapor through the stomata -water pulled from the plant by atmospheric demand and the plant can only control the opening, the stomata, not the pull
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Evapotranspiration
a loss of soil moisture to the atmosphere by transpiration and evaporation
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Potential of Evapotranspiration | -measure of atmospheric demand
Demand increases with: - lower moisture content in air - higher air temp. - higher wind speed
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Temperature
heat is a form of energy -intensity of head
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Determining Factors of Temperature
- Radiation- transfer without connecting medium - Convection- transfer in a moving agent (air mass) - Conduction- flow of heat through a substance
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Location Factors of Temperature
Latitude- affects intensity of light Season- affects duration and intensity of light Elevation- affects amount of atmosphere present
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Cardinal Temperatures
- Maximum temperature - Minimum temperature - Optimum Temperature- (grows the best)- ie puts on the most weight.
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Developmental Responses
Plants mature faster at higher temperatures | -relationship does not hold under severe stress
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High Temperature Stresses Can Cause...
- Dehydration - denature of proteins - metabolic imbalance (conversion of sugars into usable energy)
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Low Temp Stress Can Cause...
- Chilling injury - Winter injury - Freezing injury
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Chilling injury is..
Damaged due to about freezing temps. - tropical and subtropical plants - reduces enzyme and membrane function
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Chilling injury is.. | Damaged due to about freezing temps.
- tropical and subtropical plants - reduces enzyme and membrane function - loss of fruit quality
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Freezing injuries..damage from temps below zero
- dehydration (b/c ice outside cells) - puncture by ice forming inside cells - discoloration and loss of turgor
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Winter injuries...damage from cold weather cond.
- desiccation (warm air/ frozen soil) - smothering (ice crust) - heaving (shrink and swell of freeze thaw cycles)
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Mineral Nutrients (plants are matter and energy)
- mineral nutrients (inorganic compounds) | - largely supplied from the soil
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Plants are Synthesizers
Meaning their material needs will be the simplest form of matter.
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17 essential elements: Macronutrient
Carbon-organic compound Hydrogen- charge transfer Oxygen- respiration
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Nitrogen- proteins, nucleic acid | Phosphorus- energy transfer
Potassium- charge/osmotic balance | Also Calcium, Magnesium, Sulfer
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Nitrogen- proteins, nucleic acid | Phosphorus- energy transfer
Potassium- charge/osmotic balance | Also Calcium, Magnesium, Sulfer
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Sources of Plant Nutrients
Atmosphere: C,H,O,+ Soil Minerals: dissolved Organic Matter: Degradation of previously living matter Manufactured fertilizers
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Manufactured Fertilizers | -regardless of the source, plants absorb essential elements in the same exchangeable or soluble form
commercial fertilizers tend to have higher nutrient concentrations and be more readily available (soluble forms) then organic forms
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Ecology
the science dealing with the relationships among living things and their environment
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Ecosystem
a complex of all living organisms of a habitat and their physical enviroments
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Habitat- where organisms live
Identified by: - tropic structure - biotic diversity - materials cycle
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Food Wed
Nutrients and energy move through the food web
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Energy Flow through an ecosystem
Ultimate fate: energy is dissipate as heat and must be replaced. The sun is the source of new energy is the sun. Plants convert solar energy into chemical energy required by animals.
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Energy flows through leves
Primary producers -> herbivore -> primary carnivore -> second carnivore.
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Nutrient Cycle
Elements are lost but not recycled. Organisms pass among organism and the environments. Plants convert elements to organic forms used by animals
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Nutrient Cycle
Elements are lost but not recycled. Organisms pass among organism and the environments. Plants convert elements to organic forms used by animals.
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Community
all species of an ecosystem, collectively
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Niche
a micro-environment suited to particular plants or physiology
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Succession
the orderly change in the balance of species resulting from modification of the physical environment
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Climax Vegeatation
the ultimate, more or less stable stage of succession when certain species dominate an ecosystem
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Ecological Footprint
the bio-productive area required to maintain current consumption and absorb wastes generated (can be calculated for a individual, geographic area, sociopolitical group, or all humanity.)
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DNA fingerprinting allows identification of different
Genotypes based on differences in size of DNA fragments.
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If environment had no effect on phenotype, then in a given species the number of genotypes would be
more than or equal to the number of phenotypes.
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Meiosis is a process by which the number of chromosomes in a nucleus is
reduced at a specific stage in the plants life
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For a cultivar to be classified as a hybrid, it must:
result from the mating of different species
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A gene that directs the production of root hairs would be found in
All cells throughout the plant. Because all cells carry the same instructions.
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Scientists use the technique known as RNA interference to
Prevent expression of a naturally occurring gene
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In photosynthesis, an ATP molecule produced by the:
Photo-chemical reactions stored less energy per molecule than sugar
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In a zygote, genes outside the nucleus are
acquired only from an egg
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A product of respiration's electron transport system (chain) is:
water
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The rate of respiration which an enzymatic reaction proceeds is
a faster with higher concentrations of enzyme and substrate.
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Inbreeding depression results when typically
self-fertilizing species achieve a high degree of homo-zygosity.
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As a result of double fertilizatio, a seed's embryo and endosperm have...
different chromosome numbers but always the same kind of alleles
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Lipids have a key role in
cell membranes
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When crossing-over occurs in a plant, changes are observed in
some trait combinations of that plants progeny
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Linkage
alleles that are located close together on a chromosome to be inherited together during meiosis

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