Growth and development

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Plant development
  Growth and development
  Seeds
  The seeding
  The vegetative plant
  Vegetative propagation
  The flowering plant
  The ageing plant
Autumn colour in the leaves of Parthenocissus tricuspida (Boston Ivy), developing in response to environmental changes
Figure 11.1 Autumn colour in
the leaves of Parthenocissus
tricuspida (Boston Ivy),
developing in response
to environmental changes
Growth and development
Growth is a difficult term to define because it really encompasses the totality of all the processes that take place during the life of an organism. However, it is useful to distinguish between growth as the processes which result in an increase in size and weight (described in Plant growth), and those processes which cause the changes in the plant during its life cycle, which can usefully be called plant development. This is described here through the typical life cycle of plants, from seed to senescence.

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