PLANT REPRODUCTION BIOLOGY - N. L. Kolyasnikova - 2017

SECTION 5. CARPOLOGY

5.5 Review Questions

1. Describe the structural plan of a seed.

2. What is the basis for seed Classification?

3. Which plants exhibit hardseededness?

4. What are the characteristics of physiological seed dormancy?

5. What characterizes mechanical seed dormancy?

6. List the Methods for breaking seed dormancy.

7. Name the layers of the pericarp.

8. What are the principles of fruit classification?

9. Provide Examples of apocarpous fruits.

10. Describe the Structural Features of coenocarpous fruits.

11. Define METABOLISM/2.html">THE CONCEPT OF a monocarp.

12. Which plants feature pseudomonocarps?

13. What are the methods of fruit and seed dispersal?



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