RESPIRATORY PIGMENTS Colored‚ metal-containing proteins that combine reversibly with oxygen‚ found in the body fluids or tissues of multi-cellular invertebrate animals and microorganisms. The role of these pigments is primarily to aid in the transport of molecular oxygen. Thus they are distinguished from respiratory enzymes‚ which are concerned with the metabolic consumption of oxygen. Four distinctly colored groups of respiratory pigments exist among invertebrates: hemoglobins (purple‚ become orange-red
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industrial meats and fish‚ there is also industrial fruits and vegetables. Before anything is even planted‚ soil is sterilized with fumigants like methyl bromide‚ which is toxic to people and animals. Soil should never be sterile; it should have nematodes‚ microbes‚ and earth worms. The plants health depends on these to grow. The seeds in industrial fruits and vegetables are different too. For example the tomato is bred to be solid and thick skinned for mechanical harvesting‚ washing‚ packaging‚ and
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The Sacrifice for the Wilderness The whole spectrum of environmentalism and sustainability has been demonstrated through William Cronon’s “The Trouble with Wilderness”‚ Donald Waller’s “Getting Back to Right Nature”‚ and David Owen’s “Green Manhattan”. These pieces of writing build on one another while revealing weaknesses the others may maintain. Despite the opposition some of these authors face all three of them share a common goal‚ the desire to better the wilderness. However‚ the question still
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Impact of Different Biological Control to Pest and Diseases of Tomato Production INTRODUCTION Importance of the Study Plant diseases need to be controlled to maintain the quality and abundance of food‚ feed‚ and fiber produced by growers around the world. Different approaches may be used to prevent‚ mitigate or control plant diseases. Beyond good agronomic and horticultural practices‚ growers often rely heavily on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Such input to agriculture have contributed
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FMDC 2012 ENGLISH Q ambiti0n is one of those __which is never satisfied. A) ideas B) fancies C) energies D) passions Q. The opponents were outnumbered‚ but still the commander refused to give...? A) out B) way C) over D) in Q. spot the error a. The dean of this college is a good friend of me. b. There have been heavy rainfall yesterday! Q. choose similar meanings a. barbarian (uncivilized‚ civilized) b. rude Q. choose opposite meaning
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organ called basidium. One specific example of a basidiomycota fungus is the oyster mushroom. Oyster mushrooms tend to grow on hardwood or conifers in shelf-like clusters. It is commonly spread throughout North America and can kill bacteria and nematodes with high efficiency. It has a size range from 4 cm to 15 cm‚ fan shaped‚ mostly smooth flat cap‚ and colored pale brown to dark brown. It also has white-ish gill that runs down the stem‚ and tastes mild but with a distinctive
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Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae. It is known by various names‚ such as red gram and cognomen (English)‚ tur and arhar (Hindi)‚ it is also known by more than 350 dialect names‚ and is grown primarily as a food crop. Since its domestication in India at least 3‚500 years ago‚ its seeds became a common food grain in Asia‚ Africa and Latin America. The crop ranks fourth in importance as edible legume in the world. It is the second most important pulse
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thiabendazole‚ albendazole‚ and mebendazole) and is commonly used to treat soil-transmitted helminth infections (Bethony et al. 2006; Geary et al. 2009). Generally‚ these drugs efficacy is due to its selective binding to β-tubulin of the nematode impeding the microtubule polymerisation of the parasite (Dye and Walker‚ 2007) and inhibition of the fumarate reductase enzyme responsible for energy generation (Barragry‚ 2011). As a result of tubulin polymerization inhibition‚ cellular transport
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INTRODUCTION Agricultural land and water use is a very important topic in today’s world. In the western states‚ agriculture accounts for 90% of the water consumption (USDA “Irrigation and Land Use” 2015). 51% of the entire United States (including Alaska‚) is dedicated to agriculture(USDA “Irrigation and Land Use” 2015). The water that is used for irrigating crops is lost as runoff‚ or seeps into the ground‚ and cannot be recycled or used again. Vast expanses of land are used in the United States
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Cell‚ Vol. 116‚ 281–297‚ January 23‚ 2004‚ Copyright 2004 by Cell Press MicroRNAs: Genomics‚ Biogenesis‚ Mechanism‚ and Function David P. Bartel1‚2‚* 1 Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research 9 Cambridge Center Cambridge‚ Massachusetts 02142 2 Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge‚ Massachusetts 02139 MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous 22فnt RNAs that can play important regulatory roles in animals and plants by targeting mRNAs for cleavage
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