Seeds & Fruits



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Seeds and Fruits Name

In a previous exercise, you observed the flower and its many parts. You were also introduced to the events leading up to double syngamy. The zygote, the product of syngamy of egg and sperm, develops into the embryonic plant. The endosperm, the product of syngamy of the central cell and sperm, accumulates much storage material that is used for the development of the embryonic plant. The embryo and the endosperm reside in the integument of the ovule and together these constitute a SEED. Of course the seed is contained within the ovary of the carpel; the gynoecium will develop to form a FRUIT surrounding the seeds. Today you will study the seed and fruit of flowering plants.


Seed Formation


The integument of the ovule becomes modified to form the seed coat. The endosperm starts developing immediately after double syngamy, forming a parenchymatous tissue inside the ovule and around the young embryo. It may store considerable amounts of food material, or it may transfer the food materials to the cotyledon(s) of the embryo and disappear completely. Meanwhile, the zygote undergoes a regular sequence of divisions to form an embryo organized into a central axis (root apex, radicle, hypocotyl, and shoot apex) with appendages (one or two cotyledons). The entire structure--seed coat, storage tissue (endosperm if still present), and embryo--constitutes the seed and is shed from the parent plant at maturity. The seed usually can withstand quite adverse conditions and remain dormant for considerable periods of time. It serves to disseminate the species.

In the remaining space, diagram and label a seed of Capsella. Be sure to use the labels printed in bold above. Put the seed coat and endosperm labels on the left side of the diagram and the embryo labels together on the right side of the diagram!



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Fruit

The angiosperm seed is derived from the ovule which occurs within the ovary of the carpel. Changes in the ovary wall occur simultaneously with the maturation of the seed, giving rise to a fruit. Fruits are of various types--fleshy or dry and, when dry, dehiscent or indehiscent. In some species it may be the fruit with its contained seed(s) which is shed and distributed rather than the seed by itself.

Three classification schemes for some common fruit types are given below. Use the outline to classify the several different fruit types available in the laboratory. Note that a number of common foods are included and that many of these are erroneously classified as "vegetables" when they are actually fruits!

Three Fruit Classification Schemes

I. ORIGINS

A. Simple fruit - formed from a single pistil (lily, apple, cucumber)

B. Aggregate fruit - formed from a cluster of separate pistils borne in a single flower (raspberry)

C. Multiple fruit - formed from the pistils of several to many flowers consolidated with other floral or inflorescence parts (pineapple, fig)



II. COMPOSITION

A. True fruit - composed of only the ripened ovary, with its contained seeds (lily)

B. Accessory fruit - composed of the ripened ovary with other additional parts, such as receptacle, bracts, portions of perianth, etc. (apple, cucumber, fig)

III. DESCRIPTIONS

A. Fleshy Fruits

1. Drupe - usually 1-seeded, fruit coat with fleshy outer and inner stony layers forming a pit (peach, plum, olive, raspberry, almond)

2. Berry - few to many seeded, fruit coat soft and fleshy throughout (grape, banana)

a. Hesperidium - berry with tough glandular rind (orange, grapefruit)

b. Pepo - thick-skinned berry, with accessory rind (squash, cucumber)

3. Pome - fleshy accessory fruit with cartilaginous core (apple, pear)

B. Dry Fruits

1. Dehiscent fruits

a. Follicle - single carpel splitting along one side only (milkweed, magnolia)

b. Legume - single carpel splitting along both sides (bean)

c. Capsule - compound pistil, splitting lengthwise or by pores (lily, iris, poppy)

2. Indehiscent Fruits

a. Achene - 1-seeded, fruit coat free from seed coat (buttercup, sunflower)

b. Caryopsis (grain) - 1-seeded, fruit coat fused with seed coat (corn, wheat)

c. Samara - 1-seeded, fruit with winglike outgrowth (ash)

d. Nut - 1-seeded, thick hard wall, partially or completely surrounded by cup or husk (oak, hazelnut=filbert)

Examples:






Origin

Composition

Description

Raspberry

aggregate

true

drupe

Apple

simple

accessory

pome

Mulberry

multiple

true

drupe

The Peanut

Examine the peanut provided very carefully and dissect it as needed to answer the following:

Which flower parts are still visible?

How many pistils were there in the gynoecium?____

How many carpels were there in the gynoecium?____

Is the pistil simple or compound?

What is the redskin?_________________________

How many large fleshy structures are inside the redskin?____

What are these fleshy structures called?_________________________

To what class of the flowering plants does the peanut belong?_________________

What is the purpose of the fleshy structures?___________________________________

What chemicals do they naturally contain (taste!)?_______________________________

Do you find a miniature plant inside these fleshy structures?

What part of a seed is conspicuous by its absence?_______________________

Classify the peanut fruit in terms of origin:___________________

Classify the peanut fruit in terms of composition: ___________________

Classify the peanut fruit in terms of description: ___________________

When we eat peanuts without the redskin, do we eat a fruit, a seed, or what? ____________

When we eat peanuts with the redskin, what are we eating? ___________________

Some people eat the peanuts in the "husk" or "shell" (need more fiber in your diet?)!

What are these people eating? ___________________


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The Snow Pea (or Green Bean) Fruit

Examine the snow pea or green bean fruit very carefully and dissect it as needed to answer the following:

Which flower parts are still visible?

Is the style and stigma present?

Was the ovary superior or inferior?

The flower was:

The fruit has a dark stripe running in a groove along one side, but lacks this groove on the other side. Which side has the placenta? The side the groove.

How many pistils were there in the gynoecium?____

How many locules were there in the ovary?____

How many carpels were there in the gynoecium?____

Is the pistil simple or compound?

How many ovules were there in the locule?____

What color is the ovule? ___________________

Do you think that the ovules have become fully mature seeds?

Classify the pea/bean fruit in terms of origin: ___________________

Classify the pea/bean fruit in terms of composition: ___________________

Classify the pea/bean fruit in terms of description: ___________________


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The Cherry Tomato Fruit

Examine the cherry tomato fruit provided very carefully and dissect it as needed to answer the following:

Which flower parts are still visible?

How many sepals were in the flower?____

Is the style and stigma present?

If not, to which end of the fruit was it attached? ________________________________

Was the ovary superior or inferior?

The flower was:

How many pistils were there in the gynoecium?____

How many locules were there in the ovary?____

How many carpels were there in the gynoecium?____

Is the pistil simple or compound?

The tomato has solid walls and a solid center with seeds in between. Is the placenta attached to the walls or to the center of the fruit?

How many ovules are in the locule?

What color is the ovule? ___________________

Classify the tomato fruit in terms of origin: ___________________

Classify the tomato fruit in terms of composition: ___________________

Classify the tomato fruit in terms of description: ___________________



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The Strawberry Fruit

Examine the strawberry fruit provided very carefully and dissect it as needed to answer the following:

Which flower parts are still visible?

How many sepals were in the flower?____

How many pistils were there in the gynoecium?____

How many carpels were there in the gynoecium?____

Is the pistil simple or compound?

Is the style and stigma present?

Was the ovary superior or inferior?

The flower was:

From what part of the flower is all the red tissue? ___________________

What color is the true strawberry fruit? ___________________

Classify the strawberry fruit in terms of origin: ___________________

Classify the strawberry red tissue in terms of composition: ___________________

Classify the strawberry true fruit in terms of description: ___________________

Class Discussion Upon Cross Section: (bonus only for those attending lab!)

What is the hollow area inside the strawberry? ___________________

What tissues comprise the white ring outside the hollow area?___________________

What is the orange tissue between the white ring and the hollow?___________________

What do you call the white lines radiating out from the white
ring?___________________

So what tissue layer is the red surface?___________________


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Document © Ross E. Koning 1994. Permission granted for non-commercial instruction.

Koning, Ross. E. 1994. Seeds and Fruits. Plant Physiology Information Website.


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