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Vegetative Emergence
The kernel is made up of four parts, the endosperm, pericarp, germ, and the tip cap. Of those four parts the endosperm and the germ are the most important. The germ is the only living part in the kernel, and from it grows the new cornstalk. To get started the germ eats the endosperm and uses the energy to grow until it has roots and leaves and can then produce energy on its own.
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