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Resource Manual on <strong>IPPM</strong> <strong>in</strong> Vegetable<br />

World Education Philipp<strong>in</strong>es, Inc.<br />

CRUCIFORM is shaped like a cross.<br />

CULM is the elongated straw or hollow stem of grasses. The culm usually supports the<br />

<strong>in</strong>florescence.<br />

CULTIVAR is a plant that is a cultivated (bred) variety.<br />

CUTICLE is the fatty or waxy outer layer of epidermal cells that are above ground.<br />

CYME is an <strong>in</strong>florescence where the central flower opens first.<br />

DAMPING-OFF is the destruction of seedl<strong>in</strong>gs by one or a comb<strong>in</strong>ation of pathogens<br />

that weaken the stem or root.<br />

DECOMPOSERS are <strong>org</strong>anisms like fungi and some bacteria that break down and<br />

digest the rema<strong>in</strong>s of <strong>org</strong>anisms.<br />

DECOMPOSITION is the decay or breakdown of th<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong>to more basic elements. For<br />

example, after a plant dies, it decomposes <strong>in</strong>to <strong>org</strong>anic nutrients.<br />

DEHISCENT is a structure on some plants that opens to release seeds or pollen gra<strong>in</strong>s.<br />

DEHISCENT FRUIT splits open when it is mature, caus<strong>in</strong>g the dispersal of its seeds.<br />

Some dehiscent fruits <strong>in</strong>clude cotton, poppy, peanuts, milkweed, magnolia, and all beans.<br />

DICOT (Class Magnoliopsida) is a type of flower<strong>in</strong>g plant (an angiosperm) whose seed<br />

has two embryonic leaves (cotyledons). The leaf ve<strong>in</strong>s are usually net-like (and not<br />

parallel). Taproots are often present. Beans and peas are examples of dicots.<br />

DICHOTOMOUS VENATION is a pattern of leaf ve<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong> which the ve<strong>in</strong>s branch <strong>in</strong><br />

two over and over aga<strong>in</strong>. Ferns are dichotomousy ve<strong>in</strong>ed. A few angiosperms and<br />

gymnosperms (like g<strong>in</strong>gkos) have dichotomous venation.<br />

DIOECIOUS has the male and female flowers on different plants (Compare with<br />

monoecious). For example, date trees are dioecious.<br />

DISEASE is any disturbance of a plant that <strong>in</strong>terferes with its normal structure, function,<br />

or economic value.<br />

DORMANCY is a period <strong>in</strong> which a plant has no active growth <strong>in</strong> response to harsh<br />

environmental conditions (like droughts or cold seasons).<br />

ECOSYSTEM is the <strong>in</strong>terrelationships between all of the liv<strong>in</strong>g th<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong> an area.<br />

EMBRYO is a develop<strong>in</strong>g plant still <strong>in</strong>side the seed. The embryo has cotyledons<br />

(embryonic leaves), a root cap, a food source and a plumule (shoot), all located <strong>in</strong>side the<br />

protective seed coat.

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