HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Because plants cannot walk around and take their seeds to other places, they have developed other methods to disperse (move) their seeds. The most common methods are wind, water, animals, explosion and fire.

Detailed explanation-2: -Two of the most fundamental means of seed dispersal are wind and water, these vectors carry light seeds to various places where they can germinate. Animals and birds also play a key role in the dispersal of seeds as they carry seeds away from their parent plant for germination.

Detailed explanation-3: -Seed dispersal is the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant. Q. Seeds of some plants germinate immediately after shedding from the plants while in other plants they require a period of rest before germination. The later phenomena is called as dormancy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Seeds dispersed by water are found in light and buoyant fruits, while those dispersed by wind may have specialized wing-like appendages. Animals can disperse seeds by excreting or burying them; other fruits have structures, such as hooks, that attach themselves to animals’ fur.

Detailed explanation-5: -Seed Dispersal is an adaptive mechanism in all seed-bearing plants, participating in the movement or transport of seeds away from their parent plant to ensure the germination and survival of some of the seeds to adult plants.