preceded by preceded_by plant zygote stage sporophyte vegetative stage TAIR:0000305 A sporophyte development stage (PO:0028002) that occurs during the interval between the first division of a plant zygote (PO:0000423) and the formation of a sporangium (PO:0025094). GRO:0007139 Succeeds a plant zygote stage (PO:0001097). A sporophyte may begin to senesce or die from other causes before producing sporangia. Developmental vegetative growth (GO:0080186) can also occur during the reproductive stage. plant_structure_development_stage vegetative in Arabidopsis (related) A vegetative growth in Solanaceae (related) A-vegetative stage in rice (related) PO:0007134 PO_GIT:395 SGN:0000002 sporophyte development stage