Seed Germination

Seed Germination is:

• The process of seed developing into plants

• The process of increase the quality of water

• The process of decrease the quality of soil

• The process of soil formation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The three conditions that the seed needs to germinate are:

• Top-Soil, Sub-Soil, Parent Materials

• Seed quality, Good Planting Medium & Favorable Soil Environment

• Loam, Clay & Sand Soil

• Nitrogen, Phosphorus & Potasium

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The Rate of germination of seed is:

• 95 %

• 65%

• 55%

• 85%

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Plant Nursery is:

• Place where young crops plant are produced from seed and grow for a length of the time before they are transplanted to the field

• Place where the farmers deposit the fertilizers

• Place where the plants are harvested

• Place where the plants are transplanted

The three objectives of the Plant Nursery are:

• -Control Light, moisture & Temperature

  -Control overcrowded area

  -Control pests & Diseases

• -Control types of soil

  -Control topography

  -Control planting of crops

• -Control vegetative part of the plants

  -Control environment

  -Control livesctock

• -Control water quality

  -Control Nitrogen in the atmosphere

  -Control Water Cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Types of Germination

• -Hypogeal

  -Epigeal

• -Tropisms

  -Movement

• -Embryo

  -Seed coat

• -Radical

  -Testa

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Identify in the following illustration the types of germination of a corn seed

• Hypogeal Germination

• Epigeal Germination

Identify in the following illustration the types of germination of a beans seed

• Hypogeal Germination

• Epigeal Germination

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5