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Mutation: A spontaneous or planned change in the genetic make-up of a plant usually causing changes in appearance.
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mutation. The abrupt appearance of a new, heritable characteristic as the result of a change in the genetic material of one individual cell.

Mutation A change in the expected genetic or tissue makeup of a plant. A sudden change in genetic material resulting in an altered individual. Generally disadvantageous to the mutated plant's survival.

MUTATION - Any change in a plant which will lead to a new feature. Fortunately or unfortunately, this can be inherited.
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mutation A genetic change within an organism or its parts that changes its characteristics. Also called a bud sport or sport.
mycelia Masses of fungal threads (hyphae) that make up the vegetative body of the fungus.

MUTATION: A change in the genetic make-up of a plant, leading to a new feature. This new feature can be inherited.

MUTATION -- A sudden change in the genetic make-up of a plant, leading to a new feature. This new feature can be inherited.
NEUTRAL -- Neither acid nor alkaline; pH 6.5-7.5.

A type of mutation called a reversion is common in dwarf or variegated selections. A reversion is when these cultivars change back to the plant's "species form.

By natural mutation that occurs naturally in the wild and even in gardens
By bush selections, either from species or from hybrids.

Called witches’ brooms, these can be caused by disease or genetic mutation. Rooted cuttings from a witches’ broom maintain a dwarf habit.
Seed mutation.

The climbers are long-caned sports (natural genetic mutations) of bush roses and some naturally lanky hybrids with no bush counterparts. Most are repeat bloomers.

Colonnade apple trees - products of a mutation discovered several decades ago - bear full-sized red or green fruit on eight-foot trees that each require about two square feet (or an 17" pot) to grow.

Now, let's examine the thing that resembles a nuclear mutation in my left. Its color, to be kind, is dull, its shape escapes anything defined by Euclid, and its pinched and crenulated skin could ideally double for the "Elephant Man.

The damage they do to plants includes mutations and stunted growth in the new foliage that often appear as curling in the leaves, and poor blooms on flowering plants.

Chance seedling variations and bud sports (mutations) can stunt plants or branches. Nurserymen watch for and propagate these variations in an attempt to preserve the dwarf characteristics.

Some of the most intriguing new plants results not from hybridization but from spontaneous mutations, called "sports." Such is the origin of daphne `Briggs Moonlight,' a sport of the much-admired Daphne x burkwoodii `Carol Mackie.

Moss roses, also known as portulaca, are the result of a 17th century spontaneous mutation of the Rosa Centifolia plant. As such, it is classified as an "old" rose and is notable for its strong scent, often not found in modern hybrid roses.

A dozen or more named "sports" or mutations of the original Boston fern have all but taken its place by now. Many boast foliage that's more ruffly or finely divided than the original.

Sport - A variation or mutation that occurs within the plant and differs from the rest of the plant.
Sprinkler - A device used in irrigation systems to disperse water via a spray mechanism usually in a circular pattern.

Although it may seem like the work of mischievous garden gnomes, there typically are three possible reasons for such plant changes: mutations (also called "sports"), hybridizing, or offspring plants that exhibit different features than the parents.

SPORT -- A plant which shows a marked and inheritable change from its parent; a mutation.
STAMEN -- The male reproductive parts of a flower.
STANDARD -- A plant which does not normally grow as a tree but is trained into a tree-like form.

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Conical carrots may have arrived in Asia and Europe by the 12th century. In the 16th century, a pale yellow mutation appeared in Western Europe, and by the mid 18th century, the Dutch had developed several varieties of orange carrots.

More often than not, a bulblet is an excact clone of the parent bulb except in those rare cases when a sport is formed (through a genetical mutation when the offspring end up exibihiting a distinct change from the parent).

sport
a plant differing from its parant stock as the result of a spontaneous change (mutation) in the material composing one or more of its hereditary units or genes. Azaleas sport quite frequently.

By the 1880s, Henry Eckford began hybridizing the sweet scented blooms for more color variety. A natural mutation found in the gardens of the English Earl of Spencer, gave us the large flowering varieties of today.

Tulips were originally a natural curiosity and a hobby for the extremely rich. The fascination with the tulips, its endless mutations and mystery, gave it increasing value of immense proportions.

margin Leaf or flower edge. mucronate Having a leaf tip terminating in a hard point that is a continuation of the midvein. mutation An inheritable change in genetic material.
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They refer to naturally occurring changes or mutations which create a distinctively different plant in appearance. This often refers to flower color, or variations in growing habits.

(The vine was probably a sport -- a unique plant arising from a spontaneous mutation -- of a dark-fruited plant.) During the 17th and 18th centuries, ...

Symptoms can often be confused with those of plant mutations, nutrient deficiencies, toxicities or other pathogens. Virus diseases are controlled with the use of resistant varieties, rotations, and weed and insect controls.

such as "Bengal Tiger" will start to loose their gold stripes and revert back to plain green leaves. This can be caused by a number of factors including lack of light, too much nitrogenous fertilizer or a reversal of the original genetic mutation ...

If you find 3 or more in less than 3 minutes, you probably have a hot spot. Mark this place and visit it often, because the mutation will happen again. You can usually get 10 or so out of a well sized "hot spot" with close inspection.

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