LEVEL 02 · LESSON 02
Nodes, buds, meristems and crowns
See it
Nodes contain attachment points and often axillary buds; shoot tips include actively growing tissue; meristematic regions contain actively dividing cells; crowns are compact growing regions in some plants such as strawberry. These terms are related but not interchangeable.
Understand it
A nodal explant can include an axillary bud positioned to develop into a shoot.
Meristem culture can be used for specialized objectives and is not the same as ordinary nodal culture.
Crown-based material in strawberry has a different morphology from a simple woody stem node.
Important boundary
Use the exact anatomical term supported by the source or protocol.
Try it
Explain the concept in your own words, then identify what plant, explant, stage, units, source, or observation context would need to be preserved before applying it.
Lesson quiz
Apply it
Connect this lesson to an actual MyTCLab record: what fields would you need in order to know later exactly what happened and why?