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    Seeds have three basic parts - an embryo which is the living part produced from the fusion of male and female gametes, food storage tissues like endosperm or cotyledons to nourish the embryo, and protective coverings like the seed coat or pericarp. When seeds germinate, the embryo develops into a young seedling with an epicotyl that becomes the shoot and hypocotyl that becomes the root system. Epigeous germination involves the emergence of the radicle and cotyledons above ground while hypogeous germination keeps them below ground initially until the first true leaves form.

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    Seeds have three basic parts - an embryo which is the living part produced from the fusion of male and female gametes, food storage tissues like endosperm or cotyledons to nourish the embryo, and protective coverings like the seed coat or pericarp. When seeds germinate, the embryo develops into a young seedling with an epicotyl that becomes the shoot and hypocotyl that becomes the root system. Epigeous germination involves the emergence of the radicle and cotyledons above ground while hypogeous germination keeps them below ground initially until the first true leaves form.

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    Seed Characteristics: Plant Propagation

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    Seeds have three basic parts - an embryo which is the living part produced from the fusion of male and female gametes, food storage tissues like endosperm or cotyledons to nourish the embryo, and protective coverings like the seed coat or pericarp. When seeds germinate, the embryo develops into a young seedling with an epicotyl that becomes the shoot and hypocotyl that becomes the root system. Epigeous germination involves the emergence of the radicle and cotyledons above ground while hypogeous germination keeps them below ground initially until the first true leaves form.

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    Seed Characteristics

    Plant Propagation
    3 Basic Parts
     Embryo
     Food Storage Tissues
     Coverings
    Embryo

     Livingpart of the seed.


     Produced by the fusion of male and
    female gametes.
    Young Seedling
     Epicotyl: means
    “above the
    cotyledons”. It
    becomes the
    above-ground
    shoot.
     Hypocotyl: means
    “below the
    cotyledons”. It
    becomes the
    below-ground root
    system.
    Epigeous vs. Hypogeous
    Germination
    First true
    leaves

    Epigeous Hypogeous
    Germination Germination

    Cotyledons
    Food Storage Tissues
     Endosperm in monocots.
     Cotyledons in dicots.
    Coverings
     Seed coat ( formed from integuments).
     In some cases the Pericarp (ovary wall).
    Sunflower Seed

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