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There are several examples of dicot plant which are distributed from our home garden to dense forest. Dicot plants are characterized by their taller height, woody nature, tap root system, broad…
The bryophyta are the first land habiting plants which includes 960 genera and 25,000 species. The plants belonging to Bryophyta are called bryophytes. The word ‘Bryophyta’ is derived from Greek word…
Wilting is defined as the rolling, folding or dropping of leaves and young stem due to loss of turgidity. It occurs due to high transpiration and low water absorption rate.…
Guttation mainly occurs in tropical plants during hot and summer days. The droplets are mainly found on surface of leaf or at the apex part of leaf and can be…
In the earlier days, botany was not broadly divided and all sub-disciplines (branches) were studies under same course. As the division of botany started, it became easier for students to…
Photosynthesis is defined as an anabolism process in which carbon dioxide and water is converted into glucose, the demanded organic compound in presence of sunlight and chlorophyll. The most important…
Photoperiodism is the effect of duration of light on living organism. It is also defined as the effect of photoperiod (duration of light) on living organism for inducing certain physiological…
Chloroplast is the most common plastid which contains pigments for photosynthesis. It was first observed by Antony Von Leeuwenhoek in 1679 A.D. and termed as chloroplast by A.F.W Schimper in 1883 A.D. It is…
Porifera is only phylum belonging to subkingdom Parazoa. The word porifera is derived from Latin word porus = pore and ferre = to bear. They are soft, primitive, multicellular with…
Transpiration is defined as the loss of excess water from aerial parts of plant in the form of water vapour. Transpiration in plant removes excess water absorbed by roots. Aerial parts…
