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Plant Reproduction and Breeding
UNIT 2: Topic 3
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What is selective breeding?
Choosing specific plants with particular characteristics and encouraging those plants to reproduce
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Plants are also bred to withstand environmental conditions such as:
Hardiness Yield Resistance to disease How well it stores Heather, Calluna vulgaris, one of Britain's hardiest plants
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Genes Genetic material in a plant
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Genetically Modified Plants
Scientists combine genetic material from two different plants, so it has genes from both.
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Plant Reproduction Asexual reproduction happens when a “parent” plant grows new plants from its foots, stems, or leaves.
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Vegetative Reproduction
When young plants are identical to the parents- usually happens when a new plant grows from the root of another. Can also occur through stems
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Grafting To take a branch from one tree and attach it to another
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Seed Plant Reproduction
Female Cone Male Cone Contains ovules Catches pollen grains, and once the pollen tube grows down to the ovule, pollination occurs -Smaller -Pollen grains develop on it
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1. Parts of a Flower
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2. Pollination Occurs when pollen has been transferred from the anther to the stigma. When the pollen grain germinates on the stigma it creates a burrow called the pollen tube as it travels toward the ovary
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3. When the pollen grain reaches the ovule, fertilization occurs
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4. Pollination must take place before fertilization can take place
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5. The fertilized embryo will become a tiny new plant inside the seed
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Pollination Two types of pollination are self-pollination and cross- pollination
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2 ways of cross-pollination
1. Wind 2. Animals
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Artificial Pollination
When plant breeders breed plants for specific purposes
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Once a plant has been pollinated, a seed is formed
Once a plant has been pollinated, a seed is formed! Inside the seed is a tiny plant that is called an embryo. It is protected by a seed coat that helps it stay alive or dormant.
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What conditions does a seed need to be able to grow?
Sunlight Water Air
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When you bite into a pear you are eating a fruit
When you bite into a pear you are eating a fruit! What is the function of fruit for a plant? A fruit is the growing ovary of the plant that swells and protects the developing seeds of a plant until they are ripe.
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Name 5 ways that seeds are spread
Wind Water (ex. Coconut) Eaten by animals “Hitch a ride” on animals Fire
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Farmers use machines to spread seeds like wheat, canola, barley.
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Germination The development of a seed into a new plant.
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