1. Biology 328
Plants and People
Lab – 1: Vegetables

2. Overview
Roster
Introductions
Student Info cards
Syllabus

3. Background
Roots
Stems
Leaves

4. Vegetative parts Monocot Dicot
Roots
Fibrous
Fibrous, Tap root, prop root or combination thereof
Vascular bundle (Stem)
Scattered
Radial
Leaf venation
Parallel
Pinnate

5. Modifications
Corm (stem)– Short, vertical, and underground. e.g., Taro
Rhizome (stem) – Long, horizontal and underground. e.g., Ginger
Stolon (stem) – Long, horizontal, aboveground/at ground level, projects a plant at the end. e.g., Strawberry
Tuber (stem) – Thickened rhizome or stolon. e.g., Potato
Bulb (leaf)- short, vertical and underground. e.g., Onion

11. Today’s Lab
Laboratory 1: Plant Vegetative Morphology and Vegetables
Objective
To familiarize the vegetative morphology of flowering plants

12. Next week’s lab – Flowers
Summary
Today’s lab, we learned
Function of root, stem and leaves
Leaves – Venation and arrangement
Differences between monocot and dicot
Modifications of root and stem
Family, scientific name and origin of vegetables
Next week’s lab – Flowers
Quiz 1 on Vegetables
Photo