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Q: Why do cotyledons become smaller as the plant grows?
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Why cotyledon becomes smaller when a bean seed germinates?

The plant uses up the nutrients stored in the cotyledons, they become smaller and eventually drop off once the plant is able to produce food for its self


What will the epicotyls become when the baby plant grows?

what will the epicotyl become when the baby plant grows


Which part of a plant grows downwards and draws food from the soil?

Phloem


What will happen to the cotelydons which contain food of thenew palnt as it grows?

As the new plant grows and produces new leaves, the cotyledons will eventually wither and drop off the stem. With some plants, the cotyledons remain underground and do not emerge as "seed leaves" but they will wither and detach from the stem nevertheless.


What will the epicotyl become when the baby plants grows?

what will the epicotyl become when the baby plant grows


What will the epicotyl become when the baby plant grow?

what will the epicotyl become when the baby plant grows


What is the hypocotyl of an adult plant?

The hypocotyl is the stem of the seedling that develops below the in the plant embryo. Upon germination, the hypocotyl pushes the cotyledons above ground to develop.


What is in dicot plant?

"Dicot" is a abbreviated form of the word dicotyledon. This refers to the first two seed leaves of some plants. If you plant beans or peas, the seed will split into two joined to the root and emerge from the ground as cotyledons.


Are cotyledons a plant's first leaves?

yes they are a plant first leaves


Why are cotyledons important to a plant?

Cotyledons are important to plants for many reasons. They are what forms from the primary endosperm nucleus. They cotyledon usually becomes the embryonic leaves of a plant.


What will the epicotyl become when the baby plants grow?

what will the epicotyl become when the baby plant grows


What is an acotyledon?

An acotyledon is a plant which has no cotyledons, a leaf of an embryo of a seed-bearing plant.