Plant sexuality Essays

  • Plant Reproduction and Breeding

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    Plant Reproduction and Breeding I did my research on plant reproduction/breeding. What is PLANT REPRODUCTION/BREEEDING? How DO PLANTS REPRODUCE? This information will be included in my report. I will tell you how many ways plants can reproduce. And I will give an example of each way of reproduction there is. Plant Reproduction Plant Reproduction is to make off springs. Plants reproduce two ways sexually and asexually. Sexually means there are two sources and asexually

  • Wheat Hybrids

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    started to make some progress by creating the first cytoplasmic male sterility. Cytoplasmic male sterility is the failure of plants to produce functional anthers, pollen, or male gametes. Then in 1973 the first Chemical Hybridization Agent was produced by Rohm and Haas, and American chemical firm. This agent creates a sterilized male plant, and the pollination from another plant makes it a hybrid. In 1981 hybrid wheat was first marketed in the United States and in Australia. In 1982 Monsanto launched

  • The Incredibly Usable Cattail

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    reeds in which baby Moses was hidden? Their range does include nearly all the continents. And even though cattails are wide ranging, commonly known plants, few know of their versatility. Nearly the entire plant can be eaten, excluding the leaves. Cattails were used many different ways medicinally, from a topical ointment to an internal remedy. The plants have also been used in a wide variety of miscellaneous purposes. Mostly, they have been used for weaving, but they also have been used for filling

  • Pigweed Research

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    Scientifically, this plant is known as Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson. Amaranthus comes from the Greek for evergreen or unfading. This plant was first described by Sereno Watson in the late 1800s. However, it was named after Edward Palmer, who actually discovered the plant earlier in the same century. This is where the palmeri of Amaranthus palmeri was derived. The pigweed is also known by other names such as, Carelessweed and Palmer’s Ameranth. The classification of this plant is very intricate. It

  • Cannabis Essay

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    growing season. Visible rivers, meadows and other agricultural lands are perfect dwellings for cannabis since all contain good sunlight. Seeds brought in from Thailand are grown without being cut back and later becomes a large female plant, crossing with a cut from a male plant of Mexican origin bringing about a hybrid seed which is stored for later planting. This is called representative of the outdoor growth of cannabis in calm climates. Seeds are planted in the spring and usually germinate in 3-7 days

  • Sexuality in John Steinbeck's The Chrysanthemums

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    Sexuality in Steinbeck's The Chrysanthemums Reading over this excellent story once more, I am again filled with the same emotion (if it can be called that) that I experienced when first reading it.  Steinbeck planned for that.  In a letter to George Albee in 1933, Steinbeck comments on this story and his interest in Albee's opinion of it.  "...It is entirely different and is designed to strike without the reader's knowledge.  I mean he reads it casually and after it is finished

  • Sexuality in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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    The Complications of Sexuality in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Gawain's travels in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight suggest a world in which home--i.e., Camelot--is "normal," while away--the opposing castle of Hautdesert where Gawain perforce spends his Christmas vacation--is "other," characterized by unfamiliarity, dislocation, perversity. And in fact the atmosphere at Hautdesert appears somewhat peculiar, with various challenges to "normal" sexual identity, and with permutations of physical

  • DNA barcoding of two species of Coffea (Rubiaceae)

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    representing new species (Hebert et al., 2005). Barcoding promotes biological applications such as identification of medicinal plants and even plant nearing extinction (Muellner et al. 2011). DNA Barcoding defines the expansion and discovery of the world’s ever-expanding inventory of species’ diversity. DNA barcoding requires it to be standard, scalable and minimal. Plants’ low rate of nucleotide substitution in the mitochondrial gene has been the source of major debate regarding a plant’s code for

  • Light and Photosynthesis

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    photosynthesis to take place in green plants. I choose this topic because I wanted to see if light necessary for photosynthesis is really. It is also a very interesting topic because most living things need light to function, survive and grow. Photosynthesis is the physic-chemical process by which green plants use light energy to photosynthesis. When Photosynthesis occurs it takes in the co2 from the atmosphere and releases oxygen as a bi product. In addition the plants provide energy for humans. For a

  • Is animal extinction really such as bad thing?

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    Animal is one of the gifts given by Allah SWT. Many people love to keep and care animals like cats, birds, chickens and others as their pets at house. They could release their stress by playing and feed these animals. Besides, zoologist also keep and care for the animals, whether it is wild or tame at the zoo for the visitors to come in their vacations and take pictures. For the wild one such as tigers and lions, the animals’ trainer will train them first from birth until they grow up. It will be

  • Oultlook on Life Depicted in Alice Walker's, In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose

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    eyes. Alice Walker's mother was a woman who had the ability to make plants thrive and flowers bloom. She could trim a plant in such a way that despite being broken, it grew more. Alice’s mother did not own the palace of Versailles nor was she responsible for the vast gardens around it, yet she always made whatever shabby space her family lived in as flourishing and as bright as any great garden. Alice’s mother had a passion for plant life. Any spare moment she had would be spent tending to her garden

  • Herb Container Gardening

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    Herb Container gardening is the good way to have control on your herbs growing next to your doorstep. You can move the container gardens when ever is required. If the herb plant requires sun light it can be shifted to warmer place and back into the shady area after getting too hot. Herb container gardens are used to beautify the surrounding and are very convenient. You can collect fresh herbs just before cooking from your home container garden. At night also it is convenient to collect herbs if it

  • Creative writing: Tiaga Biome

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    is mostly located in the northern hemisphere. It is the largest terrestrial biome in the world. It takes up 27% of the world. The word Taiga comes from a Russian Origin. Miguel: When you're inside the boundaries of the biome some of the trees and plants that could be found are the Balsam fir, Douglas-firs, the Eastern Red Cedar, Jack Pine, and Birch Tree's. All firs and hemlocks are thick and have waxy needles that prevent water from evaporation. The Balsam Fir is a small medium sized tree that could

  • Photosynthesis Essay

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    compounds from CO₂ AND H₂O by using inorganic oxidation energy and they do not require sunlight. However, photoautotrophs, including green plants, produce sugar and O₂ from CO₂ and H₂O by using sunlight. The green pigment which absorbs the light is called chlorophyll and this process is called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis can occur in any green part of the plant. This green part contains chloroplasts. Chloroplasts separate photosynthesis and other cellular activities. The cytoplasm like liquid,

  • Nature's Toxins Versus Man's Ingenuity

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    predators. Toxins in nature can either kill humans or can do damage to the body. In the animal and plant kingdom there are toxins deadly to humans, but we have found ways to combat some of them. How do the toxins in nature affect the body and how does man fight back? Many plants are poisonous from poison ivy and poison sumac to flowers used in bouquets such as larkspur and lily of the valley. Plants spread their poisons in different ways. Their poisons rang from skin irritation to death. Some are

  • The Earth: The Third Planet In The Solar System

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    and classify living organisms, best known as taxonomists, have divided them into categories, taking as a definition pattern the principal features of each species. In this manner, the living organisms can be classified into five Kingdoms: Animal, Plants, Fungi, Bacteria,

  • Inorganic Fertilizer Essay

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    Plants are grown in using two different kinds of soils, one kind of soil was developed by adding inorganic fertilizer and the other was developed by adding organic fertilizers. The growth and development of plants was observed by time to time. The increase in length of plants was observed to see the rate of growth of plants. Each pot with organic and inorganic fertilizer had shown the growth of plants but differently. The pot with the inorganic fertilizer had shown remarkable growth of plants. It

  • The Life Of Planet Earth

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    Earth. Earth has provided these scientists with enough knowledge to understand the components needed to sustain life, therefore any research found is compared to the knowledge already understood about life on Earth. Earth is home to billions of plants, animals, bacteria and all types of living things, it is where human beings have evolved and adapted making this planet our home.

  • Photosynthesis And Cellular Respiration Essay

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    be one of the most important life processes on Earth. Photosynthesis is a process by which plants use the energy of sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose so other organisms can use it as food and energy. It changes light energy into chemical energy and releases oxygen. This way organisms can stay alive and have the energy to function. Chlorophyll is an organelle generally found in plants, it generates oxygen as a result too. As you can see without

  • Keystone Species Essay

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    Did you know that animals and plants are dieing from living and even non living things. So predator - prey relationships have a big deal of the population on plants and animals because the predator will eat them. But with the predator - prey relationships they all have a connection together. The one that controls how the population of all the things is the keystone species because they keep everything in check just like a printable in school. But what happens if the keystone species die and can it