cultivars
Selectively bred strains
Cultivars are plant varieties developed through selective breeding for specific traits—flavor, color, disease resistance, yield.
The word blends "cultivated" and "variety." Apples offer thousands of cultivars: Honeycrisp, Granny Smith, Fuji.
This tomato cultivar was bred for drought tolerance.
Unlike wild plants, cultivars are maintained through human intervention.
Joining tissues to grow together
- rootstockBase for grafted plants
- scionHeir of prominence
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- propagationAct of spreading widely
budding · nursery · orchard · vineyard · greenhouse · transplanting · hardiness · dormancy
Science of hereditary transmission
- selectionChosen item or items
- crossbreedingMating unlike organisms
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- hybridizationMixing distinct genetic lines
pollination · inheritance · genotype · phenotype · lineage · progeny · heritability · variability
Produce or relinquish
- harvestGathering mature crops
- productionMaking or generating something
- drought-toleranceCapacity to endure aridity
- maturityFull growth achieved
quality · uniformity · seed · grain · fruit · vegetable · cereal · legume
Finest taxonomic rank
- subspeciesTaxonomic rank beneath species
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- registrationFormal recording of participation
patent · trademark · denomination · identification · botanical · morphology · characteristics · traits
grafting
Joining tissues to grow together
propagation · budding · nursery · orchard · vineyard · greenhouse · transplanting · hardiness · dormancy · flowering
genetics
Science of hereditary transmission
- selectionChosen item or items
- crossbreedingMating unlike organisms
- propagationAct of spreading widely
hybridization · pollination · inheritance · genotype · phenotype · lineage · progeny · heritability · variability · mutation
yield
Produce or relinquish
- harvestGathering mature crops
- productionMaking or generating something
- drought-toleranceCapacity to endure aridity
maturity · quality · uniformity · seed · grain · fruit · vegetable · cereal · legume · tuber
species
Finest taxonomic rank
- subspeciesTaxonomic rank beneath species
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
registration · patent · trademark · denomination · identification · botanical · morphology · characteristics · traits · description
- Flower Gardeningflower beds, flower bed, garden flowers, annuals, perennials
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- breedingselective breeding, breeder, crossbreeding, mating, breeding pair
- crop diversitylandraces, heirloom varieties, ancient grains, traditional crops, native crops
- nursery plantsseedlings, seeds, bulbs, shrubs, perennials
- Plum Industryplums, prunes, orchards, harvest, drying
cultivarswild plants
Uncultivated vegetation
native species · wildflowers · native plants · weeds · native flora
- cultivated tasteLearned appreciation for finer things
- crop cultivationGrowing food plants deliberately
- shifting cultivationMigratory crop-growing practice
- rice cultivationGrowing grain in paddies
- plant cultivationGrowing flora intentionally