TREE PROPAGATION AND PLANTING
SEED PROPAGATION
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Question
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The outer cover that protects the seed is
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scar
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seed coat
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embryo
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stem
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The outer covering of a seed is called the seed coat. Seed coats help protect the embryo from injury and also from drying out. Seed coats can be thin and soft as in beans or thick and hard as in locust or coconut seeds.
Detailed explanation-2: -The seed coat’s function is simultaneously to protect the embryo and to transmit information regarding the external environment. An impenetrable seed coat may help to keep the embryo safe, but at the same time it would exclude the sensing of environmental cues.
Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: the fruit of a plant carries and protects the seed.
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