HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
SEED PRODUCTION
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Question
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If plants can make their own food, why does a seed need to store nutrients in the seed leaves?
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Seeds don’t have green leaves to carry out photosynthesis so they depend on seed leaves for growth and development.
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Seeds need the nutrients in the seed leaves to carry out photosynthesis for growth and development.
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Seeds have green leaves so they need the nutrients in the seed leaves for growth and development.
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Most plants get their nutrients from the soil. In this picture, we can see the artist has drawn a system of roots. She has also written the names of different nutrients in the soil. The root tips absorb these nutrients and the roots move the nutrients up to the rest of the plant’s body.
Detailed explanation-2: -Plants store reserves in their seeds as resources for the germinating seedlings. The major compounds are carbohydrates (mainly starch), oils and proteins. The potential reserves implied are carbon, energy and with the proteins also the essential and precious mineral nutrient element nitrogen.
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