Experiments have shown that the phytochrome system is involved in the photoperiodic control of flowering. Experiments have found that only red light inhibits the flowering […]
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How Photoperiodism Works in Flowering Plants
Photoperiodism is the influence of the relative lengths of day and night on the activities of an organism. Although the best known example of photoperiodism […]
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6 Medicinal Herbs that Enhances your Overall Health and Metabolism
Medicinal Herbs: Processing issues are never a charming circumstance to need to manage. Not just are they regularly frightful, such issues can prompt humiliation also. […]
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The Delicacy of Mushrooms and the Fatality of Consuming Amanita Phaloides
Amanita Phaloides is known as the death cap mushroom and is usually found in the wild and closely resembles other edible varieties. This then follows […]
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Important Plant Growth Hormones
Plant hormones are like organic catalysts that play vital roles in plant growth, development and response to stimuli. These hormones are therefore very important in […]
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Nepenthes and Sarracenia — The Pitcher-Plants
The ‘pitchers’ are formed from modified leaves. In the Nepenthes species, only the terminal portion of the leaf is modified. From a lowermost blade the […]
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Insectivorous Plants : Pinguicula ( The Butterwort) and Dionaea (The Venus Fly-Trap)
How the Pinguicula Species Engulfs and Digests its Prey: The pinguicula is another genus of the Lentibulariaceae with three British species, Pinguicula vulgaris, Pinguicula lusitanica […]
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Mycorrhizae and the Physiological Relationships of Fungal Associations
It is not always very easy to account for the physiological relationships between fungal associations or the partners of a mycorrhiza. The precise effects of […]
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How Does Mutual Inhibition Affect Visual Stimuli
A sensory cell often has synaptic contacts with adjacent sensory units. These synapses may be inhibitory, making it more difficult for the membrane of the […]
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The Dissection, Morphology and Anatomy of a Flower
To describe completely the morphology and anatomy of a flower, it must be fully dissected. Dissection is the process of separating out, piece by piece, […]
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