What part of the cacao seed is used to produce chocolate liquor?

Q: Which part of poppy plant is used to obtain the drug 'SMACK' ?

A: The chemical name of smack is diacetylmorphine. It is a bitter, white, odourless, crystalline…

Q: How Long Can Seeds Remain Viable in Dormancy?

A: The phase of an organism's lifespan in which processes, such as physical activities, development,…

Q: Though cyas has two cotyledons this is not included in dicot, why?

A: Plants are the source of energy for many higher organisms that cannot prepare their own food. They…

Q: Endospermic seeds are found in: (a) castor (b) barley (c) coconut (d) all of these

A: Endospermic seeds are those in which the food reserves are stored in the endosperm. The endosperm is…

Q: Why is the endosperm being digested?

A: Endosperm is the most common nutritive tissue for the developing embryo in angiosperms. In…

Q: What part of the source plant is used to make aspirin?

A: Aspirin is a common drug for relieving minor aches, pains, and fevers. People also use it as an…

Q: why is pressure higher in parts of the phloem Where sugar is being loaded than in parts were sugars…

A: Movement of water and minerals through the xylem is driven by negative pressure and movement through…

Q: Why pineapple is considered CAM plant?

A: The pineapple (scientific name: Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.) is an important tropical fruit and the…

Q: What is the habit of banana (Musa acuminata)? Based on the given text.

A: Habit of a plant is the form in which it exists. This means the physical appearance of any species…

Q: Why must seeds absorb water before germinating?

A: Germination is the process by which a plant grows either from a seed or a spore and its most common…

Q: What causes club root in brassicas (cabbage)?

A: The infection of clubroot occurs through its root hair which spreads through he zoospore formed by…

Q: Why red cabbage can grow healthily under blue, green-blue or green light?

A: Photosynthesis is the process of formation of sugars in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll by…

Q: What prevents seeds dispersed in autumn from germinating immediately, only to die in the winter?

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

Q: How is the phloem of the flax plant involved in making clothing?

A: Introduction: Plant's are perhaps the most valuable plant materials that is  utilized for fabric,…

Q: What type of plant is that?

A: Here the green plants grow at the back of the building which shows damp and moist areas.

Q: Why might it be dangerous on a camping trip to prepare a salad using an unknown plant?

A: While camping it becomes dangerous to consume any plant or plant part for salad purpose as the plant…

Q: What are Pollen grains ?

A: Introduction  Plants can reproduce naturally and artificially by various methods. Some lower plants…

Q: how does a plant develop resistance to a pesticide?

A: Pesticides refer to the substances utilized by the farmers to kill or regulate the pests and weeds.…

Q: What properties of a medicinal plant is affected when the time of harvest changes or is variable?

A: To obtain a high-quality efficacious herbal drug, the appropriate part of the medicinal plant must…

Q: Write two qualities of Saccharum officinarum (Sugarcane) grown in South India.

A: Saccharum officinarum is a large, strong-growing species of grass in the genus Saccharum. Saccharum…

Q: What is the history and medical purposes of The Sunflower plant?

A: The sunflowers are unique in that they have the ability to provide energy in the form of nourishment…

Q: What is the water content of matured seed and what is the reason behind for the low water content? *

A: Answer: Water content in the seed is the total volume of the water present within the seed. As the…

Q: Why are carrots important to agriculture?

A: Agriculture is the science that studies the art of cultivating plants and livestock. The development…

Q: Which crop is known as Amphidiploid?

A: Amphidiploid organisms refer to the type of hybrids that have a complete diploid chromosome set…

Q: What are indianhybrid crops?

A: mixing two plant varieties by using their desirable qualities such as high yield, disease…

Q: What changes accompany the “resurrection” of a “resurrection plant”?

A: Plants are multicellular eukaryotic living organisms that are generally photosynthetically active.…

Q: Why do leaves appear green in the spring and summer and then turnto red or yellow in the fall?

A: A plant has three basic parts. These are leaves, roots, and shoots. The leaves are green in color…

Q: What is the habit of growth of stem of (a.) carrots (b.) ginger?

A: The parts of plants are classified as root system and shoot system. Stems are a part of the shoot…

Q: Which of the following is a simple fruit that would most likely have been produced from a compound…

A: Simple fruits are those fruits which derived from one ovary

Q: What is the cross floral diagram of Hibiscus?

A: The diagram depicting the cross section of a flower if all the flower parts are cut across in the…

Q: What is the important sugar in honey?

A: Honey is a viscous, sweet food substance made by the honey bees. The honey is produced by the bees…

Q: Name the plant whose sap is used in making ​Toddy​. Mention the process involved in it.

A: Plants are mainly multicellular, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryote of the kingdom Plantae.…

Q: What compound gives color to leaves at different stages of the leaf cycle?

A: The leaf color is determined by the presence of specific treatment molecules within the plastids.…

Q: How do identify a paricarp?

A: Fruit anatomy refers to the interior structure of a fruit as a plant. The mature ovary or ovaries of…

Q: is it possible to separate the seed of corn from the fruit?

A: Corn kernel are its seed.

Q: By what the translocation in phloem is achieved?

A: The short distance transport occurs through diffusion, cytoplasmic streaming and active transport…

Q: What is pollen?

A: The stamens and carpels are important parts of a flower as they are responsible for the production…

Q: What is the function of lenticels?

A: Step 1 Lenticels are found on the epidermis of plants stem, petiole, and fruits that are made up of…

Q: Why seed is important to crop production?

A: A plant has different structures which support their reproduction, seeds are one such part which is…

Q: What is the Solubility Properties of Annatto Seeds?

A: Annatto seeds are derived from Bixa orellano tree,native to tropical regions.Annatto seeds are used…

Q: What does the color indicate relative to the ability of the gametophyte to produce its own…

A: The gametophytes phase is haploid phase that contain haploid number of chromosomes. In case of plant…

Q: Which part of mango fruit is edible?

A: Mango fruit is a drupe.

Q: What is pericarp?

A: The fruit is the characteristics feature of the flowering plants. It is a mature or ripened ovary,…

Q: What causes bananas to change color?

A: A plant has typically six parts, roots, stems, leaves, fruit, seeds, and flower. Fertilization of…

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 pharmaceuticals or chemical that can be derived from corn endosperms?

A: Cornstarch is a key ingredient in cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP), which coats pills to ensure…

Q: What is the cause of the bleeding in the plants?

A: Bleeding in animals means the haemorrhage or uncontrolled outflow of blood. In plants, this term…