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Question
Given below is a diagram of a germinating seed. Label the parts that:
- gives rise to future shoot.
- gives rise to future root system.
- stores food.
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Solution
- A: The young shoot of a plant embryo above the cotyledons is called a plumule. It is made up of the epicotyl and frequently immature leaves.
- B: In the course of germination, the radicle is the first component of a seedling to emerge from the seed. The plant's first root, known as a radicle, emerges from the soil downward.
- C: The cotyledon is a crucial component of the embryo inside a plant seed. The cotyledon may develop into the seedling's first embryonic leaves after germination.
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