good source of minerals and vitamins and when consumed regularly they can substantially improve micronutrient status of the Indian population. Several of these are used for medicinal purpose. These health-promoting properties along with their rich nutrient profile make these GLVs an important nominee for their use in the food-based approach to combat several public health problems of India. The products such as biscuit‚ mathi‚ matar and sev supplemented with amaranthus leaf powder had significantly
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chemical and an organic fertilizer is that the former come out of a lab and the organic one comes from living beings. A chemical fertilizer is synthetically prepared to include the vital nutrients that are necessary for the plant’s growth process. All of them contain the normal NPK requirement and any other nutrients as required. Comparing the Two Fertilizer Types Benefits of Organic Fertilizers Production: They are made by natural processes. Although they take time to make due to the nature
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In the rainforest ecosystem‚ everything is connected to one another. There is an interconnectedness existing in this ecosystem. To continue to function‚ the ecosystem depends on the interactions between the biotic and abiotic factors. An ecosystem survives by a combination of energy flow and matter recycling. To understand the interconnectedness of the ecosystem‚ food webs and food chains could be observed. Each organism depends on each other to survive and maintain their populations. In the food
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Commercial Hydroponic Crop Production [pic] Elizabeth Jones HORT 425 Introduction According to an article by National Geographic News‚ food production takes up nearly half of the Earth’s surface and an area roughly the size of South America is used for crop production alone (Owen‚ 2005). Imagine the demands that this large scale food production puts on our planet. According to the Natural Resources Management and Environment Department‚ Agricultural practices are the number one source
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Diffusion is essential for living organisms as it is a feature of a number of processes which control and supply vital substances to the body. It occurs throughout the human body‚ and without it‚ cells and body tissue could not get important nutrients for survival. In humans and animals‚ diffusion is needed during respiration. It is the way oxygen travels from the lungs to the red blood cells in the blood and the way carbon dioxide travels from the blood to the lungs from where it can be exhaled
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pages and is made up of 4 Parts. Part 1: Understand how diet is linked to health 1. Define what is meant by the term ‘healthy diet’. A healthy diet is something that covers all of your body’s needs‚ and ensures that your body gets all the nutrients that it requires to stay healthy in day to day life. The things that you require will vary depending on a number of different factors including age‚ gender and activity levels. A healthy diet will consist of carbohydrates‚ proteins‚ vitamins and
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aboveground‚ it is often easier to see the benefits of this association for the plant‚ but the fungus also takes advantage of this partnership. The mycorrhizae aid the plant with growth‚ yield‚ improved fitness‚ increase the root absorption area of nutrients‚ while the fungus receives carbon from the associated plant (7). This is an important interaction due to the benefits that the plants receive. Improved plant growth and yield can aid in the production of crops and therefore produce more plants per
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INTRODUCING WITH BIOCHEMICAL CYCLES Biochemical cycles Nutrients are important for organisms to function. Each nutrient has a role in global biogeochemical cycles. A nutrient is a chemical that organisms need to live and grow and are substances an organism’s uses for metabolism which must be taken in from its environment that enrich the organism. Two types of nutrients are macronutrients and micronutrients. Macronutrients are needed in large quantities while micronutrients are needed in smaller
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What is the difference between oxidative and substrate level phosphorylation? Oxidative phosphorylation is a metabolic pathway that uses energy released by the oxidation of nutrients to produce ATP. Oxidative phosphorylation uses the electrochemical gradient‚ set up by the oxidation of nutrients‚ of protons across the inner mitochondrial membrane to generate ATP from ADP. During oxidative phosphorylation‚ electrons are transferred from electron donors to electron acceptors such as oxygen‚ in
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pressure which contains a high concentration of oxygen and nutrients to supply the organs. Veins carry blood at low pressure to the heart which contains a high concentration of carbon dioxide and with a low concentration of oxygen and nutrients. The main artery in the human body is called the aorta which pumps blood at a very high but constant pressure to all the organs of the body to supply them with a high concentration of oxygen and nutrients. The main vein in the human body is called the vena cava
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