Turf ID BONOS

Question 1

What is a seed?

Answer 1

Sexual reproductive propagule of an angiosperm

Question 2

Grasses are angiospersm and thus produce?

Answer 2

Flowers

Question 3

What is a floret?

Answer 3

a grass flower

Question 4

Florets become what after pollination?

Answer 4

the seed

Question 5

what is Caryopsis?

Answer 5

dry, swelling, one seeded fruit “seed”

Question 6

What is a modified leaf?

Answer 6

bract

Question 7

Lowermost (outer) of the two bracts

Answer 7

Lemma

Question 8

Uppermost (inner) of the two bracts

Answer 8

Palea

Question 9

In what grass can the lemma and palae be separated by threshing?

Answer 9

bermudagrass

Question 10

New plants form where?

Answer 10

Embryo

Question 11

Seed coat

Answer 11

outer protective layer of the seed

Question 12

Pericarp

Answer 12

the fruit wall developed from the ovary wall

Question 13

Aleurone

Answer 13

thin; proteinacous layer; plays important role in germination

Question 14

Endosperm

Answer 14

food supply

Question 15

Scutellum

Answer 15

single colydon of grass, serves to absorb nutrients from the endosperm

Question 16

Coleoptile

Answer 16

protective sheath of the embryonic shoot

Question 17

Shoot Apex

Answer 17

meristem where new shoots arise from

Question 18

Radicle

Answer 18

very first primary root to emerge from seed

Question 19

Coleorhiza

Answer 19

sheath that helps protect radicle

Question 20

plumule

Answer 20

the first leaf

Question 21

Primary roots eventually?

Answer 21

Die, and only the adventagous roots remain

Question 22

Planting depth

Answer 22

if planted too deep, the plant runs out of food before it becomes photosynthetic