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Seed Germination and Development
Seed Germination and Development
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activity at
Shoot apical meristem
activity at
Actively dividing cells near the dome-
meristems
shaped tip
new cells elongate
and start to
differentiate into The apical meristem’s descendant cells
divide, grow and
differentiate to form: Ground meristem
Protoderm Procambium
Root cap
of apical meristems
meristems
Root apical meristem
Function
Apical meristem and primary Apical Procambium
meristem
meristems in a shoot in lateral
bud
Protoderm
Apical meristems and primary
Leaf
primordia
Apical meristem
at tip of shoot
Apical meristem Root cap
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Root hair Roots must ‘force’ their
way through the soil
Epidermal tissue
mersitem Delayed
Apical meristem
Sloughed-off
root cap cells initiation of lateral
Root cap
Root
meristem meristems
and
structure
Different requirements
Lateral root
for support and water collection and distribution
Figure 36-17