What are the three parts of the grain kernel? Which parts are removed when a grain is refined?

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Dr Birendra Kumar Mishra
Nov 8, 2016

Seed coat, cotyledon/s and embryo.

Explanation:

  1. The outer cover of the seed is seed coat. The seed coats are made up of testa and tegmen.
  2. Cotyledons are the reseve food materials. It is utilised by the germinating seeds before potosynthesis.
  3. The embryo contains radicle and plumule joins at an axis. It debelops into mew plant. The seeds of monocots and dicots differ.
  4. During the refinement process, the rough seed coats are lost.
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