An interesting difference between monocots and dicots is their response to auxinic herbicides. Most of us know that many herbicides kill broadleaved "weeds" (dicots) while sparing grasses (monocots).

Dicot plants are typically plants with broad leaves. Trees, most weeds, shrubs and annual flowers fall into this category. These chemicals will not kill monocot plants.

Dicot plants are typically plants with broad leaves. Trees, most weeds, shrubs, and annual flowers fall into this category. These chemicals will not kill monocot plants.

Dicot– Double cotyledon plants include everything on the planet except the few listed above. You will find selective herbicides designed just for dicots. Selective herbicides – They’re ...

Dicots (like mallow or the flowers) growing alongside each other are not easy to control. Grasses (monocots) that you want to keep, growing alongside a dicot weed like mallow, are easier to ...

Plants are divided into monocotyledons (monocots) and dicotyledons (dicots) based on having a seed embryo with a single or a double cotyledon, type of venation and arrangement of floral organs. What ...

Monocot and Dicot Share Defense Components Against Fungal Disease. News . Published: January 11, 2011 . Download ... Research and his team identified a set of genes regulated by a common protein that ...

SERIES 21 | Episode 16. About a quarter of all flowering plants, about 65,000 species from around the globe are monocots. Included in this group are some of our essential survival staples such as ...

Scientist Matt Humphry of the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research and his team identified a set of genes regulated by a common protein that has been conserved in the genome of monocot and ...