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Zea Anatomy

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Selecting any of the following image names will provide a labeled illustration with definitions and a link to its term in Gramene's Ontology Database, where you can learn more about its anatomy. The following illustrations were created and copyrighted by Nicholas R. Polato. He is a Laboratory Technician in Dr. Susan McCouch's Lab at Cornell University.

Zea mays Ear Zea mays Tassel

Other links of interest on Zea anatomy:

• Interactive Maize Plant
• How a Corn Plant Develops
• Early Corn Development
• National Corn Growers Association - Grain illustration
• Plant Ontology Structure and Definitions
• Plant Ontology at Gramene
• Plant Ontology Consortium (POC)
• Anatomy of a Grass Plant
• Grass Structures
• Plant Reproductive Anatomy - with a section on Monocot anatomy
• Monocot leaf anatomy and physiology