Food may be stored for the use of an adult plant or as energy for the development of an embryo. The stored food is packaged with an embryo as part of the seed. List three foods found in a grocery store that probably contain stored energy for embryos.
Food items found in a grocery store that contain stored energy for embryos
Food | Source plant and edible part |
Bread/ Wheat flour | Wheat endosperm |
Cornflour/Cornflour Butter Cake | Endosperm of corn/maize kernel |
Rice/Rice flour | Endosperm and embryo of rice |
In plants, endosperm represent the stored food/energy material for embryo development. Endosperm contains starch, oils and protein. In Angiosperms, endosperms are triploid. Food stored in endosperms is used during the gemination of seeds
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