Dicot Parts
The outer coating of the true seed.
What is testa?
The living part of the kernel.
What is embryo?
This emergence ends with the cotyledons being present above the soil surface.
What is epigeal?
There are two of these in each dicot seed.
What are cotyledons?
What is pericarp?
The process of the seed sprouting.
What is germination?
The first true leaves.
What is the plumule?
This is the location of the apical bud in grasses.
What is crown?
The cotyledon remains below the soil surface when the seedling emerges.
This becomes a hook that pulls the cotyledons above ground.
What is the hypocotyl?
The energy source.
What is endosperm?
The length of hypocotyl helps to determine this.
What is planting depth?
This becomes the primary root.
What is radicle?
The section between the seed and the crown during emergence.
What is mesocotyl?
This modified leaf elongates until is senses light and then stops.
What is coleoptile?