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Corn is monoecious (mon-ee-shuss) which means that there are both male and female flowers on each corn plant. In some monoecious plants, male and female parts are in the same flower. In corn, male and female flowers are in different locations - the male flowers form a tassel which is at the top of the plant. The female flower is located at the junction of leaves and stem. It consists of a collection of hairs (silks) enclosed in the husks of what will become the ears. These silks are pollen-receiving tubes. Wind-blown pollen from the male flowers (tassel) falls on the silks below. Each silk leads to a kernel, and pollen must land on all silks for the ear to fill out completely with kernels. Kernel "skips" (ears only partly filled out with kernels) often are the result of poor pollination.
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How does corn pollinate?
Corn bearing unisexual flowers pollinate by wind. The male flowers are produced at the top of the plant and the female flowers in leaf axil, somewhere at midlength of the plant. Male flowers of the plant mature first followed by female flowers. Thus cross pollination is ensured.
What are the separate male and female flowers on a corn plant?
poop
What huge flowers start with letter C?
CORN
What grows in Tracy ca?
corn, pumpkins, tomatoes, and flowers
Do corn plants have two kinds of flowers on the same plant?
Yes they do
Is corn a flowering plant?
All plants that set seed have had flowers therefore corn has a flower however insignificant.
What is flower made of?
White flower is made of wheat and Corn flower is made of corn! Can't you tell the difference between flowers and flour?!
Do corn plants have 2 kinds of flowers on the same plant?
yes, to separate reproduction
Are peas corn and beans flowers of plants?
No, they are the fruit/seed that grows after the bloom has died.
Each kernel of corn is a seed inside a fruit seeds form from pollinated flowers what?
Ovary
What flowers cannot bloom?
Sterile ones, like most of the corn grown today (in the US).
Each kernel of corn is a seed inside a fruit seeds form from pollinated flowers what can you conclude about the kernels on an ear of corn?
that each kernel will become a new ear of corn
