List the benefits of humus in the soil.

Q: The shelf life and keeping qualities of fruit and other perishable foods are greatly enhanced…

A: The time period for which any substance mainly foodstuffs are fit for consumption is known as shelf…

Q: How does a high concentration of sugar function as a preservative?

A: Simple Sugars such as dextrose, fructose, etc., or disaccharides such as table sugar, granulated…

Q: Essential Plant Nutrients Chemical Chemical forms absorbed Element symbol by crop plants Primary…

A: Different mineral nutrients play important roles in the plant body. Plants show certain…

Q: The use of natural ingredients of licorice root extract as an additional ingredient in the realm of…

A: Licorice root extract: a. Licorice is the root of the plant Glycyrrhiza glabra, which is a…

Q: Phytochemicals are included in all of the following food groups except:

A: Phytochemicals present in blue berries:-  polyphenols Phytochemicals present in hot/ red pepper: -…

Q: State some characteristics of Bt cotton.

A: A genetically engineered organism is the result of recombinant DNA technology that involves the…

Q: Why is agar production more costly than carrageenan production

A: As there is difference is between other production and carrageenan production basically the key…

Q: Explain how phytoremediation can clean the soil from heavy metals

A: The soil can get contaminated with heavy metals which can pose a serious health risk to human and…

Q: Give a short note on liverworths.

A: The plants that do not consist of any vascular system with phloem and xylem are called non-vascular…

Q: How would the following plants defend themselves from being eaten? Identify the secondary metabolite…

A: Secondary metabolites are the compounds produced by organisms that are not used by them for primary…

Q: Compare and contrast the nitrogen metabolism ofnitrifiers with that of denitrifiers

A: COMPARISION  AND CONTRAST BETWEEN NITRIFIERS AND DENITRIFIERS:-…

Q: What is the habit of growth of (a.) potato (b.) onion (c.)turnip

A: roots and stem of the plant modify its structure to perform different function.

Q: Impact of GMO potato on human consumption

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Q: MEDICAL  , INDUSTRIAL, AND COMMERCIAL USE JUTE PLANT   HEMP PLAT   FLAX PLANT

A: There is wide diversity of plants in our surroundings.Different plants have diverse uses like they…

Q: What is the goal of the study of antifungal activity of red dragon peel? Express it in if and then…

A: Antifungal   Antifungal is a compound that is used to prevent and cure fungal infection.

Q: IN PHOLEUM, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FLOW THROUGH ........................ *     Collenchyma tubes…

A: Pholem Food conducting tissue of vascular plants.  A complex tissue like Xylem.  Composed of…

Q: Where will lignin degrade faster: in a shallow riverbed or in a rice paddy? Explain.

A: Plants are autotrophs. They are called so because they are not dependent on other organisms and can…

Q: State the use of papain production and how Ghana can increase it production.

A: Papain is a proteolytic enzyme extracted from the raw fruit of the papaya plant. Proteolytic enzymes…

Q: Which of the following characteristics is NOT exhibited by phytochemicals? 1. reduce the…

A: The phytochemicals are the plant derived chemicals that are produced by the plants during the…

Q: Should herbal remedies such as St. John’s wort be available to consumers without a prescription?

A: St. John's wort a plant (Hypericum perforatum) is used for mental health conditions specially in…

Q: What exactly is 'soil' and what process produces it? What is humus and how can soil have different…

A: Definition of soil:Soil is the uppermost weathered layer of the earth's crust.It is basically the…

Q: Describe a commercial application of Thermus aquaticus.

A: Bacteria are a group of prokaryotic microscopic single celled organisms. They live in diverse…

Q: Making meduim as rich as possible by providing all possible nutrients in great excess does not…

A: Culture media is a general term that is used to denote any artificially made gel or liquid based…

Q: Agrobacterium tumefaciens carries a _______ that enters dicotyledonous (dicot) plant cells,…

A: It is required to identify the agent in Agrobacterium tumefaciens that enters dicotyledonous (dicot)…

Q: importance of Golden Rice

A: Genetic engineering is called by various other names such as genetic manipulation or genetic…

Q: The absence of ________ leaves obligate anaerobes susceptible to killing by oxygen.   vitamin E…

A: * obligate anaerobes means the organisms that can survive in absence of oxygen only. * They depends…

Q: How transpiration is necessary evil?

A: Plants are multicellular organisms in the kingdom Plantae. The parts of plants are stems, flowers,…

Q: you have isolated a Bacillus species and would like to test its plant growth promoting abilities.…

A: Bacillus is a genus of bacteria which includes gram-positive, spore forming, rod shaped aerobic or…

Q: What is the difference between selective and nonselective herbicides?

A: Herbicides are considered as the chemical, which is known to kill the harmful bacterial pathogens…

Q: Name the source from where agar is commercially obtained.

A: Agar is a jelly-like substance that is made up of linear polysaccharide agarose and a heterogenous…

Q: Some nontoxic plants taste very bitter to us. Suggest one or more explanations.

A: Nontoxic plants did not cause any kinds of toxic effects in human body.

Q: Explain the mechanism behind salt as a food preservative

A: Osmosis is the phenomenon in which water ( solvent ) travels from its more concentration to its…

Q: What are the visible parts of Tomato Epidermis in LPO and HPO? Base on the picture below:

A: Epidermis  The outer most covering of plant various parts like leaf, stem, fruit etc.

Q: list any 2 and their effect of mycotoxins on the food industry

A: Mycotoxins are considered as secondary metabolites from fungi or molds. They are toxic for…

Q: Reser pine phase I melabolism phase II mefabolism

A: Reserpine is a drug that is used for the treatment of hypertension, usually in combination with a…

Q: If any plant is disappearing due to disease caused by salt inclusion in the soil. how can I generate…

A: Salt tolerance in many plant species could operate at the cellular level, and glycophytes are…

Q: Outline the function and deficiency disease of plant Nutrients

A: Answer: PLANT NUTRITION = These are nutrients and minerals which are required by the plant for their…

Q: How do Biofertilisers enrich the fertility of soil? How does cyanobacteria acts as biofertiliser?

A: Microorganism is a microscopic organism, which may exist in its single-celled form or in a colony of…

Q: What causes curing of tea leaves?

A: Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared from the over cured or fresh leaves of the Camellia…

Q: What pharmaceuticals or chemical that can be derived from corn husks?

A: Introduction: Corn Husks are the outside green leaves on a cob of corn, that we usually peel off and…

Q: what was preferred as a source of rennet? the young or the old ones and why?

A: Rennet is a generic term for enzymes that act on milk proteins. Its job in a ruminant's stomach is…

Q: how can i make parfume

A: Perfume is a fragrant liquid typically made from essential oils extracted from flowers and spices,…

Q: The secondary metabolite found in great abundance in the secondary cell walls of secondary xylem…

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Q: How might the optimal temperature be affected by the growing conditions of the potato?

A: Potato is a tuber that grows under the soil. The soil temperature influences the growth of potatoes.…

Q: Describe the composition of humus and its importance in soil.

A: Humus is a material in soil which is rich in organic material and nutrients. It is black or brown in…

Q: Create a scatterplot showing the change in mass as a function of sucrose concentration.

A: As the sucrose molarity in each bag increases, a greater change in mass occurs. More water diffuses…

Soil Ecosystem

Soil provides a habitat or living environment for a large number of different species of organisms as well as plants. It provides all the essential nutrients and minerals for plants to grow. All these together form the soil ecosystem.