wheat and other grains were instrumental to the green revolution. The Green Revolution spread technologies that had already existed before‚ but had not been widely used outside industrialized nations. These technologies included modern irrigation projects‚ pesticides‚ synthetic nitrogen fertilizer and improved crop varieties developed through the conventional‚ science-based methods available at the time. The novel technological development of the Green Revolution was the production of novel wheat
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The evolution of plants has resulted in increasing levels of complexity‚ from the earliest algal mats‚ through bryophytes‚ lycopods‚ ferns to the complex gymnosperms and angiosperms of today. While the groups which appeared earlier continue to thrive‚ especially in the environments in which they evolved‚ each new grade of organisation has eventually become more "successful" than its predecessors by most measures. Probably an algal scum formed on land 1‚200 million years ago. In the Ordovician period
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LEAVES BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS? A. ELIZABETH ARNOLD1 AND F. LUTZONI Department of Biology‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ North Carolina 27708 USA Abstract. Fungal endophytes are found in asymptomatic photosynthetic tissues of all major lineages of land plants. The ubiquity of these cryptic symbionts is clear‚ but the scale of their diversity‚ host range‚ and geographic distributions are unknown. To explore the putative hyperdiversity of tropical leaf endophytes‚ we compared endophyte communities along
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Green Marketing - An Introduction Due to factors such as increased media coverage‚ increased awareness of environmental issues‚ raising pressure form environmental groups‚ stringent legislation and major industrial disasters (McIntosh‚ 1991; Butler‚ 1990; Tapon and Leighton‚ 1991; Charter‚ 1992; Wagner‚ 1997) the environment has become a mainstream issue and consequentially consumers are more concerned about their habits and the effect that these have on the environment. (Krause‚ 1993). According
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that everyone will “Go Green” is definitely an inaccurate assumption. The first step to avoid depleting our natural resources is the minor changes we make throughout our daily routine. I believe that the lack of awareness and intelligence are the culprits to blame. Everyday parents work towards shaping the future of their children’s lives but why is it that they are never concerned with how their environment will be once their children have reached adulthood? Although “Going Green” involves more effort;
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Analysis of “Eat at My Restaurant – Cash Flow” FIN400 – Analyzing Financial Statements June 28‚ 2013 Analysis of “Eat at My Restaurant – Cash Flow” Understanding the flow of cash within an organization is critical to knowing the health of an organization. Without this understanding‚ a business may run into a situation where even though they are profitable‚ they may not have enough cash on hand to meet their obligations. This paper will look at the case study Eat at My Restaurant – Cash Flow
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An Executive Development Program on ’Green Banking Initiative: Opportunities for Bangladesh’ was organized by Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) on September 28‚2010 at the Mohammad Younus Auditorium of Islami Bank Tower in the city. Presided over by Mohammad Abdul Mannan‚ Managing Director of the Bank‚ Prof Dr Bandana Saha‚ Director General of Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) was present in the program as Chief Guest. The key discussion was presented by Dr Shah Md Ahsan Habib‚ Associate
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Joseph Yoon Chapter 11 Fossil Fuels: combustible deposit found with Earth’s curst * Composed of remnants of prehistoric organisms that existed millions of years ago * Deposits are usually no older than 400 million years of age * Nonrenewable resources: finite‚ limited supply * Types: coal‚ oil natural gas (methane) * Lignite (lowest quality) * Subbituminous coal * Bituminous coal (sedimentary rock) * Anthracite (highest quality- metamorphic rock) Coal Reserves
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How do we keep Brunei Darussalam clean? To keep our country clean‚ firstly we must practice good habits to keep our environment clean. A good example is we ourselves need to be clean and healthy. Then‚ our home and garden need to be clean and we must maintain them regularly. Once we know how to keep ourselves and homes clean‚ then we are able to appreciate the whole environment and do our best to keep it clean. We need a clean environment‚ free of pollutants in the air‚ water and land
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PLANT CELL Introduction Plant cell is the basic unit of structure and function in nearly all plants. The range of specialization and the character of association of plant cells are very wide. In the simplest plant forms a single cell constitutes a whole organism and carries out all the life functions. In just slightly more complex forms‚ cells are associated structurally‚ but each cell appears to carry out the fundamental life functions‚ although certain ones may be specialized
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