Biology 2217B Chapter Notes -Ligule, Stamen, Corn Kernel
30 Jan 2014
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Lab 3 cereal grains and non0cereal grain crops. Understand the structure of the plant, flower, and grain of the poaceae (grass family) Understand the properties and uses of wheat, barley, and corn. Learn the properties and uses of three non-cereal grain crops. Grain: seeds or seed-like fruits of plants (that we do not consume: important family: poaceae, sugar grain. Cereals: edible grains produced by annual poaceae: seed coat fused to ovary wall. Called a caryopsis: barley, wheat, oat, corn, rice. Barley : every node has a fertile inflorescence, know difference between 6 row and 2 row barley and how 6 row barley is better for humans, infloresence (flower stalk/head) type is important, different type of flowers. Rice and oats: are in a floppy branch panicle, rice paddy pools all that water will be absorbed by rice. Wheat: 4 latin names associated with wheat. Only genus that has gluten: evolved over time (please see display)
