The first generation derived from crossing 2 distinct plants, usually when the parents are pure-bred lines and the offspring are vigorous. Seed from F1 hybrids does not come true.

(of Spores ) Sickle-shaped

Previously cultivated land kept free from crops or weeds during at least one growing season.

A powdery, white, sometimes yellowish deposit naturally occurring on some leaves and flowers.

Hyperplastic symptom characterized by a clustering of such plant organs as shoots into such structures as witches' brooms.

To fertilize a flower apply pollen (the male element) to the flower's pistil (the female element) for the purpose of setting seed. To fertilize a plant apply nutrients (plant food, usually referred to as fertilizer).

A fine, young root, usually one of many.

The stalk of an anther.

Ground up fish. Contains nitrogen and phosphorus.

The ability of an organism to survive and reporduce; the ability of an organism to pass its genes to the next generation

A shallow box or tray used to start cuttings or seedlings.

A single flower in a head of many flowers.

The basic flower forms are: single, with one row of usually 4-6 petals; semi-double, with more petals, usually 2 rows; double, with many petals in several rows and few or no stamens; fully double, usually rounded in shape, eith densly packed petals and the stamens absent or obscured.

Making a plant or branch bloom by artificial means.

The leaflike organ of a fern. Some ferns produce both barren and fertile fronds, the fertile fronds bearing spores.

A low-lying area where frost occurs late in the season.

The formation or development of a fruiting body

Any multi-hyphal structure that bears or contains spores.

Multi-celled organisms that reproduce by spores and rely on living or dead organic matter for food.

A chemical or physical agent that kills or inhibits the growth of fungi

Able to inhibit the growth and/or reproduction of at least some types of fungi

Forked