Crops and Seeds

Vocabulary flashcards covering crop scientific names, botanical classifications, plant families, floral and seed anatomy, and germination concepts from the Crops and Seeds notes.

The scientific name of corn.

Zea mays

The scientific name of soybean.

Glycine max

Triticum aestivum

The scientific name of common wheat.

Avena sativa

The scientific name of oats.

Hordeum vulgare

The scientific name of barley.

Secale cereale

The scientific name of rye.

Sorghum bicolor

The scientific name of grain sorghum.

Helianthus annuus

The scientific name of sunflower.

Brassica napus

The scientific name of canola (most commercial canola).

Beta vulgaris

The scientific name of sugar beet.

Medicago sativa

The scientific name of alfalfa.

Gossypium species

The scientific name of cotton.

Corn (monocot or dicot)

Monocot.

Soybean (monocot or dicot)

Dicot.

Canola (monocot or dicot)

Dicot.

Sugar beet (monocot or dicot)

Dicot.

Corn tassel

The male flower structure that produces pollen.

Corn silks

Structures that receive pollen; each silk connects to a potential kernel.

Poaceae (grass family)

The plant family that includes wheat, corn, oats, and barley.

Fabaceae (legume family)

The plant family that includes soybean and alfalfa.

Brassicaceae (mustard family)

The plant family that includes canola.

Sugar beet harvested storage organ

An enlarged taproot.

Cotyledon

A seed leaf in the embryo.

Embryo (in a seed)

The young developing plant.

Seed germination

Resumption of growth of the seed embryo under suitable conditions.