Sunday, April 22, 2012

Corn-Structure and Function


Whorl: a circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis

Coleoptile: the first leaf above the ground, forming a sheath around the stem tip.

Mesocotyl: an elongated portion of the axis between the cotyledon and the coleoptile of a grass seedling 

Nodal Roots: the permentant roots of the corn plant


Radicle: the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.

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