. The corn crops: a discussion of maize, kafirs, and sorghums as grown in the United States and Canada. Corn; Kafir corn; Sorghum. 34 COUN CROPS give off constantly large quantities of excessive water taken up by the roots; (3) to elaborate plant-food from the minerals and water taken out of the soil, combined with carbon and oxygen taken from the air; (4) to ab- sorb energy from the sun which is necessary in order that Mrrfrtb. Mesophyll tissue ~ Fig. 14. — Leaf structure. The movement of water and solutions takes place through the fibro-vascular bundles. The mesophyll tissue fur- nishes the


. The corn crops: a discussion of maize, kafirs, and sorghums as grown in the United States and Canada. Corn; Kafir corn; Sorghum. 34 COUN CROPS give off constantly large quantities of excessive water taken up by the roots; (3) to elaborate plant-food from the minerals and water taken out of the soil, combined with carbon and oxygen taken from the air; (4) to ab- sorb energy from the sun which is necessary in order that Mrrfrtb. Mesophyll tissue ~ Fig. 14. — Leaf structure. The movement of water and solutions takes place through the fibro-vascular bundles. The mesophyll tissue fur- nishes the means for elaborating plant-food from raw material. Inter- change of air and gases takes place through the stomata. The bulli- f orm cells are similar to mesophyll cells, but contain a large percentage of water. Shrinkage of these cells causes the leaf to roll in dry weather. these activities may proceed. Each of the above functions of the leaf requires specialized tissues which are briefly de- scribed as follows (21, 22) : — 21. The vascular system. —^ If a maize leaf is examined, there will be found running lengthwise a large*number of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Montgomery, Edward Gerrard, 1878-. New York, The Macmillan company


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