Tuesday, April 22, 2014

The Final Chapter (Characteristics)

Kaylinn, Tyson, Troy, and Tod have grown successfully. They have completed germination and development. They will need a bigger abode to grow further. The plastic cups do not give them optimal space for growth and development. 

The Triplets: Tyson, Troy, and Tod (corn plants) (monocots)
The characteristics the triplets possess are:
-flowering plant with one cotyledon or seed-leaf in the embryo
-the epicotyl is the first shoot to emerge
-radicle aborts and new roots arise
-have parallel leaf vine pattern
-vascular tissue scattered
-no main root
-pollen grain with one opening
-floral organs usually in groups of three


Kaylinn (carrot plant) (dicot) 
The characteristics Kaylinn possesses are: 
-two seed leaves
-roots grow from the radical and apical meristem
-have netlike vein patterns
-vascular tissue usually arranged in rings
-taproot is present
-pollen grain has three openings
-floral organs in groups of four or five


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