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Which plant have fibrous root system and parallel veined leaves and one cotyledon in each of their seeds?
Corn plant
What plants are in the corn family?
The corn that we eat is the seed part of the corn plant. Each little kernel is a fertilized seed, and if left to mature and dry can be planted and will grow a corn plant.
Is corn sexual or asexual?
The tassels on top of the corn plant are the stamen that produce pollen. The silks ar the ends of each corn cob are the pistils leading to the ovaries. Each one will produce a grain of corn.
Is there female and male corn?
There isn't a female and male corn. Each corn plant, however, does have a male and female part. The male part of the plant is at the very top and is called the tassel. The silk on the corn is the Female part. ~tobeornottobe55
What is corn tassel?
Tassels are the male flower of the corn plant that produces pollen. Pollen from the tassels fall down to the silks (where the ears grow) of another corn plant and in doing so, it fertilizes kernels. Corn needs pollination from the tassels or it will not produce corn.
What is a tasselation?
A corn tassel is the male flower of the corn plant. The tassel is a group of stemmy flowers that grow at the apex, or top, of the corn stalk. These tassels are shades of yellow, green and purple. Each corn plant will grow this tassel on top after the major growing of the plant is complete and when it is time for the ears of corn to begin growing.
What is the purpose of silk on and ear of corn?
To get straight to the point - the silk is on the ear of corn so it can catch the pollen falling from the tassels on top of the corn plant. Each silk is able to produce one kernel of corn.
What is the edible part of a corn called?
The stringy part of corn is usually called corn silk or tassle. Scientifically, each filament is called a "style" and is actually a prolonged portion of the plant ovary.
Why is corn called Indian corn?
What we call 'Corn' was actually a small grain type of plant that the Myan's manipulated by cross breeding the plant until it had a single husk over multiple seeds, instead of a husk covering each individual seed [kernal] This was to make it easier to farm. 'Shucking' a single husk was much easier than shucking a husk from each seed. They called this plant maize.
Uses of statistics in agriculture?
If I know that if I plant soybeans each other year and the rotation cycle is corn and soybeans. I will then know that my yield of both corn and soybeans will be 35% greater. Calculate profit.
Can you name two omnivores give an example of a plant and an animal that each one might eat?
One example of a plant that one might is a corn plant, and an animal is a chicken.A plant that a person might is a dandelion plant. An animal that a person might eat is a cow.
What is the color of corn?
That depends on the genetics of corn. Corn is naturally multicolored, with each kernel its own color. Most commercial corn has been breed to be pure yellow in color. A type of corn grown by native americans in the southwest is pure blue in color.
