Agriculture Reference
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Figure 6.1. Examples of abnormal seedlings (not to scale): A: Barley seedling with coleoptile split near
base and leaf protruding; B: Squash seedling with less than half of the cotyledons free of decay; C: Lettuce
seedling with short, vestigial hypocotyl; D: Corn seedling with badly shredded leaf; E: Onion seedling with
stubby primary root; and F: Soybean seedling with decayed terminal bud and leaves. See Figs. 6.2 - 6.22 for
detailed seedling descriptions of representative families.
