Biology GCSE
Rooting powder
What Rooting powder means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: OCR
A product into which auxins are incorporated, stimulating cut stems to develop adventitious roots rapidly for vegetative propagation.
A horticultural product containing auxins that helps cuttings develop roots quickly and uniformly, producing many identical plants.
A substance the cut end of a shoot may be dipped in before being planted in damp compost.
Topics that use Rooting powder
- Cloning (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
- Use of plant hormones (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
- Coordination and control – the endocrine system (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- adrenaline
- Adult body cell
- Asexual reproduction
- Auxin uses
- barrier methods
- blood glucose regulation
- cell elongation
- clone
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