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Resource Manual on IPPM in Vegetable
World Education Philippines, Inc.
INDEHISCENT is a fruit that remains closed at maturity is indehiscent. Nuts, acorns,
sunflowers, grains, and maple pods are examples of indehiscent fruits.
INDIGENOUS organism is one that lives naturally in a particular region and was not
introduced there by man.
INFLORESCENCE is the type of flower in which there is more that one flower in a
single structure.
INORGANIC means containing no carbon; generally used to indicate materials (for
example, fertilizers) that are of mineral origin.
INSECTIVOROUS organisms eat insects. Insectivorous plants trap and digest insects
for nourishment.
INTERNODE is the part of a plant's stem between two nodes is the internode - the
distance along the stem between the leaves. Refer to Figure 1.
Figure 6.
INSECTS have exoskeletons and six legs. They evolved during the
Silurian Period, 438 to 408 million years ago, long before dinosaurs
existed. Refer to Figure 6.
JUVENILE is in an early phase of plant growth in which it increases in size but has not
yet flowered.
LARVA (plural: larvae) is the immature form of insects that develop through the process
of complete metamorphosis including egg, several larval stages, pupa, and adult. In
mites, the first-stage immature is also called a larva.
LAMINA is the blade of a leaf. Refer to Figure 3
LANCEOLATE leaves are shaped like a lance; they have a
broad base and taper to a point. Refer to Figure 7.
Figure 7.
LEAF is an outgrowth of a plant that grows from a node in the
stem. Most leaves are flat and contain chloroplasts; their main
function is to make food energy through photosynthesis. The first
leaf to grow from a seed is called the cotyledon. Refer to Figure
8.
Figure 8.