UPSC Current Affairs Preparation: The Hindu Analysis Watch expert analysis of ‘The Hindu’ dated 19th March 2021. Important news and views to... View Article
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 or the NDPS Act is the legislation that deals with narcotic drug or psychotropic... View Article
Drug abuse is a huge problem in India. It has serious consequences both at the individual as well as at a societal level. The government of... View Article
CAROTAR, 2020 stands for the Customs (Administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements) Rules, 2020. It applies to the import of goods... View Article
Wavelengths found between 400-700nm comprising the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum is capable of causing photosynthesis. These are... View Article
C4 plants inhabit dry, tropical areas. They have a high productivity of biomass possessing a different type of leaf anatomy, Kranz anatomy. The... View Article
CAM or Crassulacean acid metabolism is the photosynthesis through the C4 pathway. Here, the uptake of carbon dioxide occurs in the nighttime,... View Article
Potassium is an essential mineral. These are not a constituent of any enzyme. However, it speeds up the pace of activity of several enzymes.... View Article
When plants are placed in the dark they turn pale yellow and abnormally long with significant internodal elongation known as etiolation. This is... View Article
Magnesium is an essential constituent of chlorophyll. It is the central atom of chlorophyll, found as a divalent. Hence, they are present in all... View Article
To plants, zinc is available to absorb in the divalent form. There is a decrease in the availability of soil when soil's pH shifts towards the... View Article
In soil, boron is seen as a part of boric acid, silicate, calcium and magnesium borate. It is made available to plants as borates of magnesium... View Article
Gray spot disease occurs in oats as a result of manganese deficiency. Their signs and symptoms are the appearances of greyish brown streaks and... View Article
Iron primarily is available in the ferrous form, absorbed in the ferric form. They are part of peroxidases, catalases, cytochromes etc and are... View Article
Calcium serves as an important macronutrient for plants to grow. These macronutrients are essential elements needed by plants in more than 1mg/g... View Article
Several fungi form symbiotic associations with plants, such as the mycorrhiza. Mycorrhiza can be from several members of the genus Glomus. In... View Article
The root nodule of legumes has the enzyme leghaemoglobin and nitrogenase. Nitrogenase acts as a catalyser to convert atmospheric nitrogen to... View Article
Immobilization or fixation of a nutrient corresponds to saying that the nutrient turns unavailable for a plant. Potassium immobilization is where... View Article
During the process of photosynthesis, after splitting of water due to absorption of carbon dioxide, manganese stimulates fat-forming enzymes... View Article
A chemical process wherein nitrates found in soil are reduced to molecular nitrogen, liberated into the atmosphere is denitrification. This... View Article
