AGR 2470 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cotyledon, Monocotyledon, Dicotyledon
4 Oct 2016
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Agr 2470 lecture 1 introduction to agriculturally significant plants (part i) Allow flow of energy into biotic (living) world: ex: autotrophs photosynthesis. Provide some vitamins: humans and guinea pigs are only animals that can"t synthesize own vitamins. Beans: climb on corn, nitrogen fixation, complement amino acids in maize. Corn: scaffold for beans, starch = productive source of energy, complement amino acids in maize. Pumpkin: cover surface reduce weeds and like a mulch, prickly hairs deter pests, source of carotene (need for vit. Four main types of products from plant agriculture. Identification = recognition of certain characteristics of plant parts: application of a name to a plant with those specific characteristics. Classification = arrangement of plants into groups with common characteristics: ex: scientific classification. Nomenclature = application of correct name to specimen with international code of. Plant taxonomy = science that studies identification, classification and nomenclature of plants. Below or close to ground level after seed emerges.
