Do wheat roots have rhizomes and stolons like grass?
Question -Do wheat roots have rhizomes and stolons like grass? Answer – No , even though wheat belongs to grass family Poaceae , it does not show either Rhizome OR stolons . Instead , Wheat plants grow several side shoots called tillers from a crown which is just below ground level. what is tiller ? Answer = A tiller is a stem produced at the base of grass plants. Tillers are segmented, each segment possessing its own two-part leaf. They are involved in vegetative propagation. Tillering is a property possessed by many species in the family Poaceae ( here it is in wheat ) which enables them to produce multiple stems (tillers) starting from the initial single seedling. This ensures the formation of dense tufts and multiple seed heads. Each of these tillers grows a long stem which bears a flowering head at its top. The length of these tillers varies greatly between different wheats, some being extremely short (less than 20cm) while other are extremely tall (over 1m!). Modern wheats are ge
