DENDROLOGY

TREE PROPAGATION AND PLANTING

SEED PROPAGATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Is maize a monocot or a dicot
A
Monocot
B
Dicot
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An example of a monocot plant is corn (maize) and an example of a dicot is the bean.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Parts of a Corn Seedling (Zea mays, Monocotyledon) Monocotyledon: Monocotyledon embryos have one cotyledon that absorbs food. Monocots usually have narrow leaves with parallel veins, and flower parts in multiples of three.

Detailed explanation-3: -Maize is a monoecious plant that produces male flowers on a terminal tassel (Fig. 1A) and female flowers on lateral ears (Fig. 1B), which arise in the axils of vegetative leaves.

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