Vegetables and Legumes Flashcards
Florida is a major producer of what products?
Oranges, melons, and tomatoes
Vegetables can be classified by what?
Roots
Bulbs
Steams
Leaves
Seeds
Flowers
Examples of fruits
Pepper, tomato
Examples of seeds
Beans, corn
Examples of flowers
Cauliflower
Examples of stems and shoots
Asparagus, celery
Examples of Leaves
Collard greens, kale
Examples of Tubers
Potatoes
Examples of Roots
Carrots and sweet potatoes
Examples of Bulbs
Garlic and Onion
What is a bulb?
An underground storage organ formed from the plant stem and leaves
Basal plate
A flat disk at the bottom of the bulb
The body of the bulb is made up of layers of
Fleshy scales
What is in the center of the bulb?
bud
A tuber is a fleshy storage organ formed from a
modified stem
Middle Lamella is like a ____.
Wall
When it starts to over-ripen where does the breakdown occur?
in the middle
Pectic compounds act as cement and give tissue ______ and ______.
firmness and elasticity