Question

Is maize dioecious?

Answer 1

Monecious plants:

1. Plants that bear flowers of both sexes in the same plant are monoecious plants.
2. Thus, they produce both male and female gametes.
3. Examples of monoecious plants are coconuts, maize.

Dioecious plants:

1. Dioecious plants have male and female flowers in different plants.
2. Thus they produce either male or female gametes.
3. Examples of dioecious plants are asparagus and papaya.

Maize as a monecious plant:

1. Maize is a monoecious plant because it bears both male and female flowers on the same plant.
2. The male flowers are present on the top of the plant.
3. The female flowers are halfway down, on the sides of the plant.