Seed germination and seed dispersal

Question 1

What is seed structure?

Answer 1

The seed coat acts as a protective layer for the seed, shielding it from physical damage, while the Hilum, a small opening in the seed coat, facilitates water absorption. Within the seed coat, the fleshy parts called Cotyledons can be found, and inside them resides the embryo, which is the nascent plant containing the earliest forms of roots, stem, and leaves.

Question 2

What happens to seed structure during maturation

Answer 2

During ovule maturation and prior to seed germination, the embryo comprises an epicotyl (which will grow into the shoot), a radical (developing into the primary root), a hypocotyl (connecting the epicotyl and radical), and one or two cotyledons, also known as seed leaves.

Question 3

What is seed germanation

Answer 3

Seed germination may be defined as the fundamental process by which different plant species grow from a single seed into a plant

Question 4

What is the process of seed germanation

Answer 4

During Germination, when the seed receives adequate water, it swells. This leads the
bursting of its seed coat and giving rise to the baby plant, called Seedling. In the seed, the
developing embryo gets its food from Cotyledons. The baby plant first develops its root from
the radical which grows down into Earth. The plumule gives rise to shoot which grows upwards towards sunlight