The coleoptile protects the first leaf as well as the growing stem in seedlings and eventually, allows the first leaf to emerge.

Coleoptiles is the first leaf of a monocotyledon which forms a protective sheath about the plumule. These are cylindrical structures that ensheath the shoot ...

The epicotyl (region above the cotyledon) gives rise to the stem and leaves and is covered by a protective sheath (coleoptile). ( Bottom) In a bean seed ( ...

The coleoptile is generally regarded as a special tissue for protection of young leaves (Fröhlich and Kutschera, 1995), and the comparison of the coleoptile ...

29 мар. 2018 г. · Coleoptile is the pointed protective sheath covering the emerging shoot in monocotyledons.

A growing coleoptile that is illuminated unilaterally does grow towards the light source. This behaviour is common among plants and is known as phototropism. C.

15 авг. 2020 г. · During germination, rice elongates the coleoptile. The role of the coleoptile is to protect the true leaves during emergence from the soil and ...

A protective sheath that covers the young shoot of the embryo in plants of the grass family. It bursts open when the first leaves develop.

The coleoptile is a rigid piece of plant tissue that encloses the first few leaves (or plumule) of the corn seedling as the mesocotyl elongates.