4. What is Morphology ??
The branch of biology that studies the structure and
form of animals and plants.
The study of the form and structure of plants and
animals.
5. CON….
Related Words :
Biological science, biology - the science that
studies living organisms
Anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of
morphology that deals with the structure of
animals
6. Morphology of RICE
Germinating Seed: When the seed
germinates in well-drained and well-aerated soil, the
coleorhiza, a covering enclosing the radicle or primary
root, protrudes first.
Fig. 1 - The coleorhiza protrudes first.
7. CON…
The radicle or primary root breaks through the
covering.
Two or more sparsely branched seminal roots follow
9. CON:
Tiller : The seedling will grow and develop
branched tillers.
Fig. 7 - Parts of the rice tiller.
There are two kinds of mature roots:
1. secondary adventitious roots
2.adventitious prop roots.
10. CON…
Secondary adventitious roots are produced from the
underground nodes of young tillers.
Fig. 9 - Secondary adventitious roots.
Fig. 10 - Adventitious prop roots.
11. CON…
Culm: The culm, or jointed stem of the rice, is made
up of a series of nodes and internodes.
Fig. 11 - Culm, nodes, and internodes.
The node is the solid portion of the culm.
Fig. 13 - Leaf, node, and bud.
12. CON…
Early tillers arise from the main culm in an alternate
pattern.
Fig. 14 - Primary tillers.
Fig. 15 - Secondary tillers.
Fig. 16 - Tertiary tillers.
13. CON…
Leaf: The node or nodal region of the culm
will bear a leaf.
Fig. 17 - Leaf.
The leaf sheath and leaf blade are continuous.
Fig. 20 - Leaf sheath and blade.
14. CON…
Panicle and Spikletes: The terminal component
of the rice tiller is an inflorescence call the panicle.
Fig. 29 - Rice panicle.
The panicles bear spikelets, most of which develop into
grains.
Fig. 34 - Spikelets.
15. CON…
Floret: The floret includes the lemma, palea,
and the flower.
Fig. 37 – Floret
The larger protective glume covering the floret is called the
lemma and the smaller one is referred to as the palea.
Fig. 38 - Palea and lemma
16. CON…
Flower: The floret contains a flower.
Fig. 41 - Pistil.
Fig. 43 - Anthers and filaments.
Fig. 44 - Stigma, style, and ovule.
17. CON…
Rice grain: The rice grain is the ripened ovary, with
the lemma, palea, firmly attached to it.
Fig. 46 - Rice grain.
The dehulled rice grain is called caryopsis, the pericarp
tegmen and aleurone layers.
18. CON…
The remaining part of the grain consists of the
endosperm and the embryo.
Fig. 49 - Endosperm and embryo.
The embryo contains the plumule (embryonic leaves) and the
radicle (embryonic primary root).
Fig. 50 - Plumule and radicle.