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A taproot is a large, central, and dominant root from which other roots sprout laterally. Typically a taproot is somewhat straight and very thick, is tapering in shape, and grows directly downward. [1] In some plants, such as the carrot, the taproot is a storage organ so well developed that it has been cultivated as a vegetable.
Turnips, a taproot. Taproot (some types may incorporate substantial hypocotyl tissue) Arracacia xanthorrhiza (arracacha) Beta vulgaris (beet and mangelwurzel) Brassica spp. (kohlrabi, rutabaga and turnip) Bunium persicum (black cumin) Burdock (Arctium, family Asteraceae) Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) Celeriac (Apium graveolens rapaceum)
In its broader sense, a tap-root that is thick and fleshy (due to storage); i.e. when tuberation take place in a tap-root. Pneumatophores (respiratory roots) – Part of tap-root system as respiratory roots; found in many mangrove trees. They arise from the thick, mature branches of tap-root systems, and grow upwards.
Root vegetables are underground plant parts used as vegetables.They are called root vegetables for lack of a better generic term, but include both true roots such as tuberous roots and taproots, as well as non-roots such as tubers, rhizomes, corms, bulbs, and hypocotyls
D.C. var. albus D.C) or known by the French name Gros Noir d'Hiver. It dates in Europe to 1548, [ 19 ] and was a common garden variety in England and France during the early 19th century. [ 20 ] It has a rough, black skin with hot-flavored, white flesh, is round or irregularly pear shaped, [ 21 ] and grows to around 10 cm (4 in) in diameter.
A name often of no botanical standing and not governed by the ICNCP. The term generally applies to names such as Trademark Names, names covered by Plant Breeders Rights, Patents and Promotional Names, which are often used to enhance the sale of a plant. commissure The seam or face at which two carpel s adhere. See also fissure and suture. community
The following is a list of tautonyms: zoological names of species consisting of two identical words (the generic name and the specific name have the same spelling). Such names are allowed in zoology, but not in botany, where the two parts of the name of a species must differ (though differences as small as one letter are permitted, as in cumin, Cuminum cyminum).
For example, research has found that the root systems of wheat seeds inoculated with Azotobacter showed higher populations in soils favorable to Azotobacter growth. Some studies have been unsuccessful in increasing the levels of certain microbes (such as P. fluorescens ) in natural soil without prior sterilization.