(commodities and fruit)‚ stored in bulk‚ dates back to World War I. As early as 1917‚ the Government‚ concerned about the food shortages during the World War‚ established the Food Investigation Organization (FIO). A leading fruit farmer pointed out the extensive spoilage of apples in storage as one of the major problems‚ to the Government. One Franklin Kidd and another Cyril West were appointed to study ways to improve fruit storage. Applying information obtained while studying seed germination‚ Kidd
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development of a female gametophyte? 2. Name the part of flower that contributes to fruit formation in strawberry and Guava respectively 3. With a neat diagram explain the 7-celled‚ 8-nucleate nature of the female gametophyte. 4. Why is it necessary to emasculate a bisexual flower in a plant breeding programme? How it is done? Mention the condition under which emasculation is not necessary? 5. If you squeeze a seed of orange you might observe many embryos of different sizes. How is it possible? Explain
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Apples and oranges is an healthy fruit as we known on our daily life. Though apples and oranges are two fruit with many similarities‚ there are pronounced differences between these two fruits. Apples are commercially grown on fruit trees. They can be red‚ green or yellow in color. They can be bitter or sweet depending on the climate of the area. For apples to grow it has to be on a certain temperature like cool. Apple juice is made from apples. Apples have smooth skin. Apples are used to play
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STUDYING LANDSCAPE PATTERNS (FOCUSES ON THE USE OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM) WHAT IS GIS? A software program linked to a database containing massive amounts of geographic information. Common tool used in studying the spatial patterns of landscape. This tool was first developed in Canada in the 1960s for the “systematic digitization and scanning of maps‚ analysis of data‚ and output of new map products” (Tulloch 2000). GIS PHOTO GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM It provides: a
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What Is It? At first glance‚ you may think it is a grain‚ but it is not. It is actually a plant seed in the Goosefoot Family (Chenopodiaceae)‚ which also includes spinach‚ beets and chard. These flat disc-shaped amino-acid rich seeds are loaded with nutrition. When cooked they are light and fluffy with a soft crunch‚ which makes them a great substitute for rice. These nutritious‚ amino acid-rich seeds are light and fluffy when cooked and come in a variety of colors (gold‚ red‚ and even black).
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and oatmeal. 3. Buy a variety of fresh fruits and veggies and begin to include at least 1 or 2 servings with each meal. Also‚ avoid getting hungry (and overeating) by snacking on fruit or cut-up veggies throughout the day - a single large apple can easily curb hunger. 4. Try to eat a serving of leafy green vegetables at least twice a day. Also‚ eat a variety of other colorful vegetables as often as possible. 5. Use nuts and seeds as healthy‚ portable snacks you can carry anywhere
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problem by producing sufficient quantities of food products by efficiently modifying plants to generate identically cloned plant material in the form of artificial seeds (Bewley‚ 1997). To accomplish the end goal of formulating artificial seeds‚ the somatic embryo of the plant must behave similarly to the zygotic embryo that exists in natural seeds (Martinez‚ 1986). Different factors have the potential to stimulate somatic embryos into zygotic embryos (Wu‚ 1994). The purpose of this experiment is to test
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releases sperm into the ovary. An available egg receives the sperm‚ and the egg is fertilized with a meat-bearing seed. The pollen/sperm can belong to the original plant or may come from another sunflower. Self-pollination is a mechanism that the sunflower uses to stay alive. On the occasion where the stigma receives no pollen‚ the stigma will twist and wrap itself around its own pollen. Seeds created by self-pollination will only produce flowers that look like the original plant‚ so no hybridization
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24.5 | 25.3 | 25.7 | 26 | Qualitative: Plant | Classification | Overall observations: | A | Control Set-Up | Produced Fruit. Leaves are plain green | B | Mixed with Pad Paper | Has the greenest leaves among all plants. | C | Mixed with Newspaper | Leaves are greener than plant A but less than plant B. | D | Mixed with Manila Paper | Produced fruit. Leaves seem to be dying | Discussion of Results: Our hypothesis was proven wrong. As you can see from the charts in page 2‚ the
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in Abscitrim is Abscisic Acid. Abscitrim is highly concentrated form that that is potent and highly effective. What it does: - induces the closure in stomata to prevent transpiration and water loss - prevents fruit ripening - promotes seed dormancy by stopping cell growth and seed germination -stops synthesis of Kinetin nucleotide -Kinetin: cytokinin that promotes cell division -down regulate enzymes needed for photo synthesis -dials down growth to levels just needed for survival
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