Why decomoposition occurs at a faster rate in the tropics?

Q: Why is conservation of plant genetic diversi important?

A: The earth is dominated by a diverse range of living things that live on land, in water, on ice, in…

Q: What is self-incompatibility? Why does self-pollination not lead to seed formation in…

A: Pollination is the mechanism by which flowering plants reproduce sexually. Male sex organs termed…

Q: Why are cleistogamous flowers invariably autogamous?

A: Cleistogamy is a special type of self-pollination technique of certain plants which can propagate by…

Q: How is seed dispersal effected in coconut

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Q: Many of the house plant are reproduced asexually. What is the advantage of this proctice

A: Asexual reproduction : It is defined as a type of reproduction which does not involve fusion of…

Q: During germination cotyledons come out of the soil in a.Rice b.Mango c.Maize d.Castor

A: Germination can be defined as the process by which seeds of a given plant start developing into…

Q: Why is hybrid seed so expensive to produce?

A: Hybrid seed - Seed produced by cross between two inbred species, and produced with favorable traits,…

Q: corn id  purple smooth Purple wrinkled yellow smooth yellow wrinkled W20-AB1-D-13 486 152 162 54…

A: Genetics is a branch of biology that studies genes, genetic diversity, and heredity in living…

Q: What is the developmental basis for the shorter stems of high-yielding rice and wheat?

A: High yield variety of the rice and wheat were used to increase the production per unit land. There…

Q: Explain the difference between n and 2n as they relate to plant life cycles. Explain the difference…

A: The plant life cycle refers to the complete series of events that occur in a plant's life from the…

Q: Choose all of the structures in fern plant life cycle that are haploi

A: Life cycle of Fern is as follows: - New Sporophyte (matures into>) Mature Sporophyte(undergoes…

Q: Can you define the following terms: Hypogeal germination   Tropism   Reporter Genes (i.e., GUS and…

A: Seed germinates in favourable conditions. It absorbs water through micropyl and soften seed coat.…

Q: Describe advantages and disadvantages of producing a crop of potato plants using asexual (tuber)…

A: In the asexual mode of propagation, a crop is produced using asexual reproduction methods like…

Q: What is the flower symmetry of a yellow bell? Why? a. Bilateral/ Zygomorphic b. Actinomorphic/…

A: Allamanda is a tropical shrub or vine that is also described as yellow bell flower or golden…

Q: Mention the scientific term for the type of pollination which ensures Genetic Recombination.

A: The term pollination will refer to the transfer, movement, and deposition of pollen grains on the…

Q: What is cross-pollination?

A: Pollination is defined as the transfer of pollen grains from the anther of a flower to the stigma of…

Q: How haploid plants can be obtained? List the names.

A: Plant tissue culture is method of growing plants from plant tissue on artificial media in…

Q: In some species, sepals look like petals, and both are collectively called “tepals.” Suggest an…

A: The ABCDE model for flower development proposes that floral organ identity is defined by five…

Q: Which of the following statements about the haplodiplontic life cycle of land plants is/are TRUE?

A: The life cycle of plants alternates between the two generations viz. gametophytic and sporophytic…

Q: If wind and insects carry pollen from several flower species at the same time, why doesn’t he pollen…

A: The question asks the phenomenon due to which the pollen of one flower species cannot fertilize the…

Q: What is unique about a mongrove seed?

A: Mangroves is a tree or shrub which grows in tidal , chiefly tropical,  coastal swamps,  having…

Q: Imagine a plant that has been well adapted to a particular habitat, and it has been reproducing only…

A: As plants reproduce through asexual reproduction ,and the offspring which it produce are identical…

Q: What is self-incompatibility? Why does self-pollination not lead to seedformation in…

A: The structure like pollen, ovules, and pollen tubes allows plants to involve in the process of…

Q: Why is there such variation in plants produced through sexual propagation?

A: In plants, the sexual propagation involves the union of the pollen (male) with the egg (female) to…

Q: Basic Alternation of Generations. What are the structures in plant life cycle that are haploid?

A: Alternation of generations means that the plant's life cycles alternate between diploid (sporophyte)…

Q: Explain the basis for the different types inflorescence in flowering plants?

A: Introduction  Almost all species/organisms have fixed shape and structure. This outer arrangement of…

Q: What is/are the Process/es of Coevolution in insects and plants? Cite some references from the web

A: Evolution is the process by which an organism inherits or adapts favourable characteristics that…

Q: With the help of a schematic diagram describe the haplo-diptontic life cycle pattern in plants. 1.

A: 1. With the help of a schematic diagram describe the haplo diptontic life cycle pattern in plants.…

Q: How does being a haploid affect the alteration of generations? I do not know if that question makes…

A: The ferns have two stages in its life cycle , one is the sporophyte another is gametophyte . These…

Q: What is germplasm? Why is it necessary to have gemplasm collection?

A: The genetic resource is defined as any biological material which contain genes or metabolic material…

Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages of self and cross pollination?

A: To ensure their viability and generation of species, the plants go through various modes of…

Q: Why is it adaptive for organisms such as pine trees to avoid self-fertilization?

A: 1. Dicliny or Unisexuality:- prevention of self-pollination or self-fertilization by the production…

Q: Can someone please explain this Angiosperm Life Cycle based on the arrows?

A: Angiosperm  The plants which produces flowers are known as angiosperm.

Q: Steps that should be conducted of genetically glowing tree

A: Glowing plant--The founder of the glowing plant  Kyle Taylor ,splices firelfly genes in to the…

Q: There are 10 flowers in one individual plant of Solanum. Each microsporangium of every stamen…

A: Three food crops with significant economical value are part of the huge and diversified genus…

Q: What is alternation of generation, discuss with reference to Funaria plant?

A: The life cycle of bryophytes consists of an alternation of two stages, or generations called the…

Q: How can climate affect mast seeding?

A: Masting or mast seeding is a process where the a plant produces seeds with synchrony of regional…

Q: Plants reproduce through various methods. Explain which method helps to create genetic variability…

A: Plant can reproduce by two methods such as asexual and sexual method.  Pollination is also very…

Q: How does thephotoperiodism affect theflowering of some plants?

A: Plants are phototrophs that produce the energy and molecules needed for their growth and…

Q: Why some plants flower in winter while some flower in winter?

A: Flowers growing at a particular time in a year are known as seasonal flowers. These are annual…

Q: How are the pollen grains of insect-pollinated plants adapted for transfer?   They are smooth…

A: Pollination is the process of transferring pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the…

Q: In which celled stage pollination occurs in cycas?

A: Cycas is a genus of gymnosperms in the family Cycadaceae. It is used for the production of sago and…

Q: Explain how the pollination between dura palm and pisifera palm can produce tenera palm genetically.

A: Hybridisation  Hybridisation is a technique to produce new variety of plant by combining two…

Q: Why do many perennial plant species exhibit mast seeding behavior?

A: Mast seeding behavior or masting, as shown by many conifers and some other perennial…

Q: When and where does reduction division take place in the live cycle of a livewort, a moss,a fern?

A: Bryophytes can be defined as the group which consists of three divisions of non-vascular land plants…

Q: Which parts of the pine life cycle are haploid (1n or n, contains only one set of chromosomes)

A: The life of a plant starts as a seed which then germinates and grows into a plant. In general there…

Q: What are all of the structures in fern plant life cycle that are diploid

A: The fern life cycle comprises of the two generations of plants. This is known as the alternation of…

Plant sensory system

The plant sensory system is a sophisticated system that responds to environmental stimuli such as light,temperature, gravity, and touch. Research predicts that plant hormones and signaling mechanisms areresponsible for this regulation system in plants.