BIOL 2004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hemeprotein, Soil Fertility, Intercropping

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Most modern plants are epigynous flowers, providing protection for the ovary. A hypothesis for the evolution of stamens and carpels some plants have many carpels. Megasporangium develops into ovary, style and then stigma. Grass family: ~10 000 spp, like many angiosperms, most grasses are wind-pollinated, grass flowers are not showy and may be bisexual or asexual, depending on the species, fruit is a single-seeded caryopsis, indehiscent fruit. Symbiotic relationship formed with the fungus so the flower can grow. Unknown benefits for the fungus: dehiscent fruit. Mixed cropping or intercropping: example: zea mays and gliricida sepiura, grow legumes in with other crops to fix nitrogen in the soil, useful in developing countries wher fertilizer is too expensive. Crosspollination : the fruit is a berry containing many seeds. Duckweed family: contain the world"s smallest flowering plants, in some species the entire plant is less than 1 mm across, duckweed serves as food for many animals that live in lakes and ponds.

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