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2 Taxonomy, morphology and development
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What is the family name of grasses?
Gramineae or Poaeae -
Where does the phytomer exists of?
- Blade
- Ligule & auricles
- Sheath
- Node
- Internode
- Tiller bud -
Where doest the tiller excist of?
Stacked phytomers and at the bottom: Leaf lamina, leaf sheath, emerging tiller, developing leaf, stem apex and leaf primorida and the tiller bud -
What is the grass plant it total?
A collection of tillers and branches -
What are the charasteristics of tillers?
- Grow from basal phytomers on mother tiller
- Are similar to mother tiller in size and shape
- Produce their own roots (partly independent) -
What are the charasteristics of axillary branches?
- Grow from phytomers higher up in the mother tiller
- Are generally shorter and have fewer phytomers than mother tiller
- Have no roots (fully dependent) -
What are stolons and rhizomes?
- Horizontal stems (have nodes)
- Produce roots at the nodes
- Vegtative propagation (cloning) -
What types of inflorescence are there?
- Raceme
- Spike
- Panicle -
Where does a spike/panicle composed of?
Spikelets -
What are the charasteristics of lucerne?
- Highest protein production of all forages
- Basal crown gives rise to max 25 shoots to 1 m tall
- Highly branching
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