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Dispersal of seeds and fruits is found in all the fruit and seed bearing plants of the world. There is great importance of dispersal of seeds and fruits. If we imagine the conditions when there would…

Saprophytes are those plants which grow and live on dead and decaying organic matter of animals and plants. Many bacteria and fungi have this mode of nutri­tion. Saprophytes are of great economic…

The elements that are essential for plant nutrition are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur, phosporous and calcium…

The movements which allow organs of plants to move in or the other direction is called movements of curvature. These movements are of two types i.e. mechanical (found in non living organs of…

Gibberellins are substances which promote shoot elongation for certain mutants of Zea mays, certain varieties of Phaseolus or Pisum or certain varieties of plants that have rosette habit of growth…

Vernalization is the low temperature treatment given to water soaked seeds, slightly germinated seeds or seedlings to hasten the time of flowering of plants that will develop from them…

Photoperiodism is the response of the plant to the relative length and timings of light and dark conditions. Garner and Allard (1920) were the first to use the term Photoperiodism…

The Indian scientists involved in the botany research are as follows...

The various methods which are used to control plant diseases are like crop rotation, developing newer disease resistant varieties, spraying fungicides etc..

The basic conditions necessary for maintaining good health are discussed in the following points…

History reveals that people of different races and communities have relied on what medical practitioners today termed as alternative medicine. The term alternative medicine covers a broad range of healing methodologies, philosophies, and therapies….

Life policies are of various kinds (i) “whole life policy”; in this, the sum fixed is payable only death alone.(ii) “Endowment Policy”: in which the sum fixed is payable only attaining as particular age or on death before that date…

Stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense. An intense stress situation for an individual may prove to be a gentle one for another, for yet another person the situation might not be eligible as a stress factor at all...

The invention of antibiotics has proved to be a boon a boon to society. The credit of invention goes to Sir Alexander Fleming whose careful observations in 1928 resulted in the invention of antibiotics…

Suppose you are studying for your Bachelor’s final exams when all of a sudden you feel severe headache, it’s definitely your worst one yet, and to make matters worse, you’ve only an hour ago picked the book…

Technology has evolved from the task and things which once seen as unbelievable to common everyday chores and instruments. The developments and progress in artificial intelligence and molecular technology have spawned a new form of technology…