PLNT 1213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Epigeal Germination, Growth Point, Monocotyledon
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Define leaves, stems, flowers, seeds, and roots. Describe important characteristics and functions of leaves, stems, flowers, seeds, and roots. Recognize various forms of leaves, stems, flowers, seeds, and roots. One cotyledon in general, grasses and lilies. Farmer #1 is walking through the field and realizes that someone accidently drove the tractor on the corn plants that had emerged earlier that week. Farmer #2 is walking through the field and realizes that some deer had wondered through the field and eaten the leaves of the cotton plants that had emerged earlier that week. The __above ground portion______________________ of the plant. A flattened and expanded lateral growth from the stem. May be an adaptation to the environment. May allow leaf to do another job for the plant. Opening and closing regulate water vapor and co2 exchange for photosynthesis. Most water for the pla(cid:374)t"s use is not a(cid:271)sor(cid:271)ed through the sto(cid:373)a- the roots do that.
