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How a seed is formed?

How a seed is formed?

Seeds are the result of plant reproduction. When pollen lands on the flower’s stigma, it germinates and forms a pollen tube, which then quickly grows towards the plant’s ovary. Once it finds an ovule, the pollen tube bursts to release sperm cells, which fertilize the ovule and initiate seed formation.

Are eggs living or nonliving?

The egg we get from a grocery shop is not alive as it is unfertilised egg. After hatching, the egg cell divides, grows and produces chick. These are the properties of living organism, so fertilised egg can be considered as living. If it is fertilised it is living, the one we get from market it not fertilised.

Why can’t you grow an apple tree from a seed?

It is possible to grow an apple tree from an apple seed. However, in most cases, apple trees don’t come true from seeds. Apple seeds need to be exposed to cool, moist conditions before they will germinate. The cool, moist requirement can be accomplished by planting apple seeds outdoors in fall.

Why is muscadine wine so sweet?

Muscadine wine is also known for being overly sweet. This is due to old winemaking techniques in which European winemakers would add an excess of sugar to make the Muscadine grapes taste like the grapes they were accustomed to. Unlike the majority of wine grapes, Muscadine grapes are indigenous to the United States.

Where are muscadine grapes grown?

Vitis rotundifolia, or muscadine, is a grapevine species native to the southeastern and south-central United States. The growth range extends from Florida to New Jersey coast, and west to eastern Texas and Oklahoma. It has been extensively cultivated since the 16th century.

What does a muscadine look like?

The color ranges from light bronze to pink to purple to black. The flesh of the round or oval berry is clear and translucent. The leaves and fruit are smaller than those of bunch grapes. Muscadine leaves are dark green on top and yellowish green underneath, alternate, with deeply serrated edges.