Some of the damage the rats cause is the disruption of pollination. The rats eat the seeds and seedlings of plants‚ preventing the possibility of new growth. Many types of palms and shrubs on Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean have gone extinct. The seeds of the palm trees were recently discovered to have been
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Question 1WRONG | Rice‚ the staple food of many Filipinos‚ could be categorized to belong in: Kingdom – Plantae Phylum – Anthophyta Class – Monocotyledonae Order – Glumiflorae Family – Poaceae Genus – Oryza Species – Sativa Both rice and corn belongs to the class Monocotyledonae‚ then they must also belong to the same _________. | Genus | | Family | | phylum | | species | Question 1 Explanation: if rice and corn belong to the same class‚ then they must also belong to the same phylum
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We can’t survive without bees Introduction Honeybees‚ which are responsible for pollinating most of the foods we eat‚ like honey‚ oil and fruits. However‚ large amounts of honeybees are disappearing in recent years. According to survey‚ scientists found different viruses in dead bees‚ the guts of bees appeared pathological changes as well. This phenomenon indicates that their immune system once tried to form strong immunity‚ but they failed. From the perspective of spiritual ecology‚ five
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group of the periodic table does element E belong? b. To which period of the periodic table does element E belong? c. State the number of valence electrons present in element E. d. State the valency of the element E. 12. What is Pollination? Describe Cross Pollination. 13. The organisms formed by asexual reproduction are considered as clones. Why? State the advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction. 14. What is the significance of variations? 15. A woman has only daughters
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1. Plant Nutrition Nine macronutrients of plants: C‚ H‚ N‚ O‚ P‚ S‚ K‚ Ca‚ Mg Components of soil: Horizon a (topsoil): humus‚ leaf litter‚ decaying matter Horizon b (middle): minerals but no humus Horizon c (bottom): rock Most common nutrient deficiencies: N‚ P‚ K 2. Transport of Water and Minerals in Xylem Xylem transports water and minerals from the roots to the leaves Plant cells include: cell wall‚ plasma membrane‚ nucleus‚ chloroplasts and central vacuole Soil to root Water is absorbed
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Healthy Future For decades‚ the metaphorical story of the “Birds and the Bees” has been told to children in order to explain sexual intercourse. Since honey bees are an important part of the fertilization process among plants‚ also known as pollination‚ this story is a good way of speaking openly about the subject without using technical terms. When a honey bee lands on a flower‚ their feet slip into little grooves that hold pollen sacks which they carry with them until they land upon another
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Research Proposal DIFFERENT WATER STATES AND LOCATIONS IN POLLEN GRAINS • Principal investigator‚ visiting scientist Ettore Pacini Nationality: Italian Position: professor of Botany Place of work: Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale‚ Sezione Botanica‚ Universitá di Siena‚ Via P.A. Mattioli 4‚ 53100 SIENA Italy. Phone –39 0577 232863; Fax –39 0577 232860; E-mail pacini@unisi.it Partecipating researchers * Massimo Nepi Nationality: Italy Position:
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region in which this plant grows‚ a mature aloe plant sends a flower spike from the center of its rosette of leaves‚ which it is then pollinated by agents like hummingbirds (Skousen‚ 1992). Seed development occurs immediately after successful pollination when a small green pod that looks like a fat cucumber is formed. However‚ due to excess heat‚ the pod dries and through explosive mechanism‚ it releases the seeds to the soil. The seeds can remain dormant if there are no suitable conditions for
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angiosperms‚ guide the activities of insects and other pollinators so that pollen is dispersed rapidly and precisely from one flower to another of The same species‚ thus promoting out crossing. Many angiosperms display other modes of pollination‚ including self-pollination. Evolutionary Origins Plants derived from an aquatic ancestor‚ but the evolution of their conducting tissues‚ cuticle‚ stomata‚ and seeds has made them progressively less dependent on water. The oldest plant fossils date from the
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Altogether according to the honey bee conservatory around 15$ billion worth of crops would be destroyed because they require honeybee pollination. California’s Agricultural Industrial Almond Complex yields over 80% of the world’s almonds. This makes almonds the number one horticultural export crop in the US and generates over 2 billion dollars in income. It is also California’s #1 agricultural
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