Role of mycorrhizas in the mineral nutrition of host plants Mycorrhizas are very important in the uptake of nutrients such as P‚ N‚ K‚ Cu‚ Zn and Ca by plants especially in soils low in these nutrients. Since P is the most limiting nutrient in tropical soils‚ mycorrhizas are vital for improving P nutrition particularly for cultivated plants. External hyphae can absorb and translocate P to the host from soil outside the root depletion zone. The thin mycorrhizal hyphae (2-4 μm in diameter) are able
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LEAVES BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS? A. ELIZABETH ARNOLD1 AND F. LUTZONI Department of Biology‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ North Carolina 27708 USA Abstract. Fungal endophytes are found in asymptomatic photosynthetic tissues of all major lineages of land plants. The ubiquity of these cryptic symbionts is clear‚ but the scale of their diversity‚ host range‚ and geographic distributions are unknown. To explore the putative hyperdiversity of tropical leaf endophytes‚ we compared endophyte communities along
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PLANTS AND HUMAN BEINGS Plants and humans are living things that constitute part of the environment. These two depend on each other for their survival. But as plants can live without humans‚ humans can not live for long without plants and this essay explains why this is possible. Plants have the capability to build up organic substances they need from inorganic substances. They only need carbon dioxide‚ water and salts to make their essential substances. Glucose for example is produced from these
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started growing plants and herbs - think the best organic cilantro you’ll taste - from seeds. In the process of growing and living with plants‚ I’ve observed them enough to pick up a few life lessons. I didn’t realize how disconnected I was with nature‚ until I started having to water baby plants every day with a mister‚ and checking to see if any leaves had discoloration on my older plants.
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Many different plant and animal species thrive in the rainforest environment‚ but it is the trees that define the way we see the rainforest. From the air‚ a rainforest looks like an enormous‚ green carpet. The canopy very rarely breaks‚ with no gaps between the trees. Beneath these trees‚ there are thousands of different types of plants. Living amongst the trees‚ vines‚ shrubs‚ ferns‚ and mosses are many different types of animals. These range from the smallest ant to the carnivorous (meat-eating)
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Internal Structure Of A Plant PLANT CELL STRUCTURE Plant cells are classed as eukaryotes organisms‚ because they have a membrane enclosed nuclei and organelles. Here is a diagram of a plant cell;  Cytoplasm Most chemical reactions take place here. It helps the cell maintain it’s shape. Nucleus The nucleus has two main roles. Firstly it contains all the cells genetic information. Secondly it coordinates the cell’s activities‚ which include growth‚ intermediary metabolism‚ protein synthesis
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Plant cells are eukaryotic cells that differ in several key aspects from the cells of other eukaryotic organisms. Their distinctive features include: A large central vacuole‚ a water-filled volume enclosed by a membrane known as the tonoplast maintains the cell’s turgor‚ controls movement of molecules between the cytosol and sap‚ stores useful material and digests waste proteins and organelles. A cell wall composed of cellulose and hemicellulose‚ pectin and in many cases lignin‚ is secreted by
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跟植物有关的话题最近非常多，大家要多加小心。这个贴给大家总结的是Plants和 Trees，大家发送 “花2014” 可以获得flower的答案。 Plants 你了解植物吗，知道如何种植吗，亲自种过吗？ Trees 你喜欢树吗，小时候爬过树吗，你喜欢树林吗，中国著名的森林是什么 Botany Botanical/botanic park Displaying a range or plants labelled withtheir names Greenhouse Seed Root Stem Bud Leaf Bud Blossom Flower Photosynthesis 新色西斯 Produce oxygen Absorb carbon dioxide 带奥克赛得 Organic Cucumber Weed Trellises Frankly‚ I know quite little about plants.All I know is some basic knowledge like a plant grows from a seed‚ then it has
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TITLE PAGE PLANTS IN THE CONIFEROUS FOREST DEDICATION This term paper is dedicated to God almighty ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My profound gratitude goes to God almighty for his infinite knowledge and wisdom given to me to write this term paper‚ I am also grateful to my dad‚ mum and siblings for their financial support‚ the school library for giving me materials that propelled me to go ahead. I also acknowledge
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TOMATO PLANT 1) Seed: Tomato seeds are small‚ flat and disk shaped and about 1/8 inch wide. They contain two energy storage organs called cotyledons and an embryo encased in a hard outer shell called the seed coat. The seed is the dormant or resting stage of the plant life cycle. When young tomato plants are damaged‚ they tend to go into a dormant‚ survival stage in which plant growth is delayed for a while. Frost damage is something to look out for when planting tomatoes early on in the season
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