MONOCOTYLEDON AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE. CLASS: JSS 1 TOPIC: CROP PLANT FORMS(CONT`D)
WEEK 8
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SUBJECT: AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
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CLASS: JSS 1
TOPIC CROP PLANT FORMS(CONT`D)
CONTENT:
    i. Monocotyledon and Dicotyledon plants
    ii. Difference between monocotyledon and Dicotyledon plants
Sub – Topic 1:Â
Monocotyledon and Dicotyledonous.
Monocotyledons plants:Â These are plants with one seed leaf or Cotyledons e.g. maize, rice, oil palm, coconut, wheat, millet, banana etc.
Dicotyledonous plants:Â These are plants with two seed leaves or cotyledons e.g. cowpea, mango, citrus, cashew groundnuts, tomatoes, kola, mango etc.
EVALUATION
(i)Â List five crops that are monocotyledons and five crops that are dicotyledous.
Sub – Topic
2:
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MONOCOTYLEDONS & DICOTYLEDONS
STRUCTURE
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MONOCOT FEATURES
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DICOT FEATURES
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1.
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4.
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Root
Stem
Seeds
Pollinations.
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Fibrous root system.
Single erect stem without branches.
One seed leaves or cotyledons
Usually by wind
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Tap root system.
Stem with many branches.
Two seed leaves or cotyledons.
Usually by insects and other
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5.
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LeafÂ
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Narrow and long
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Broad and short
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6.
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Leaf venation
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Paralleled veined
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 Net veined
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7.
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Germination
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By hypogeal (seed remains below the soil
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By epigeal (seed comes above the soil.
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8.
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Flowers
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Many and unscented
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Few coloured and scented
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EVALUATION
    (i) State 6 differences between monocotyledons and dicotyledous.
Diagrams: draw
A monocot plant of maize with its complete parts
A dicot plant e.g. tomatoes with its complete parts.
ASSIGNMENT
Each student to draw a germinating seedling of maize and cowpea to show hypogeal and epigeal germination.
WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT
Plant maize and groundnut seeds and observe them after germination and classify them into monocotyledons and dicotyledons.