Transcript Slide 1
Biology 328
Plants and People
Lab – 1: Vegetables
Overview
Roster
Introductions
Student Info cards
Syllabus
Background
Roots
Stems
Leaves
Vegetative
parts
Monocot
Dicot
Roots
Fibrous
Fibrous, Tap root,
prop root or
combination thereof
Vascular bundle
(Stem)
Scattered
Radial
Leaf venation
Parallel
Pinnate
Modifications
Corm (stem)– Short, vertical, and underground.
e.g., Taro
Rhizome (stem) – Long, horizontal and underground.
e.g., Ginger
Stolon (stem) – Long, horizontal, aboveground/at
ground level, projects a plant at the end. e.g.,
Strawberry
Tuber (stem) – Thickened rhizome or stolon. e.g.,
Potato
Bulb (leaf)- short, vertical and underground. e.g.,
Onion
Today’s Lab
Laboratory 1: Plant Vegetative Morphology
and Vegetables
Objective
To familiarize the vegetative morphology of
flowering plants
Summary
Today’s lab, we learned
Function of root, stem and leaves
Leaves – Venation and arrangement
Differences between monocot and dicot
Modifications of root and stem
Family, scientific name and origin of vegetables
Next week’s lab – Flowers
Quiz 1 on Vegetables
Photo