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K.V. GUNA. Luxmi Mishra , PRT. SEEDS. A seed is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called seed coat, usually with some stored food. The term seed has also a general meaning- anything that can be sown. . DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEEDS. SEEDS OF FENUGREEK. MANGO SEED.
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K.V. GUNA LuxmiMishra, PRT
SEEDS A seed is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called seed coat, usually with some stored food. The term seed has also a general meaning- anything that can be sown.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEEDS SEEDS OF FENUGREEK MANGO SEED SEEDS OF CORIANDER SEEDS OF APPLE SEEDS OF MUSTARD
EGIBLE SEEDS Seeds are used as spices, foodgrains, pulses etc.
SEEDS AS SPICES CUMIN SEEDS MUSTARD SEEDS SEEDS OF CORIANDER SEEDS OF FENUGREEK
SEEDS AS FOOD GRAINS WHEAT RICE OATS
PLANTS THAT CAN GROW WITHOUT SEEDS ROSE BOUGAINVILLAE MONEY PLANT
PITCHER PLANT Pitcher plant is a plant which traps and eats insects.
Dispersal of seeds Dispersal is the scattering of seeds from one place to another. Dispersal of seeds is essential so that the baby plant gets enough space, air and sunlight. Seeds can reach far and wide by wind, water and animals. Some seeds burst open to throw their seeds off.
BY WIND Many seeds (e.g. maple, pine) have a wing that aids in wind dispersal MILKWEED DANDELION SEEDS
BY WATER Some plants produce buoyant seeds which floats in the river to the oceans and wash up on the beaches. Yellow water Lily LOTUS
BY ANIMALS Seeds (burrs) with barbs or hooks (e.g. acaena, burdock, dock) which attach to animal fur or feathers, and then drop off later Beggar- Ticks
SEEDS SCATTERS BY BURSTING Some fruits scatter their seeds by literally exploding. The pod dries, bursts open and forcibly shoots the seeds for several feet in all directions
SEED GERMINATION Germination is the process in which a plant or fungus emerges from a seed or spore and begins growth. The most common example of germination is the sprouting of a seedling from a seed