Agave plants (Agave spp.) typically are succulents with large leaves that end in spiny tips. In them, vegetative reproduction takes place through... View Article
Syngenesious conditions are seen in Asteraceae. In this condition, the stamens are united by their anthers only (filaments free). These fused... View Article
Fruits are ripened ovaries. Fruits can be classified into two types based on the formation of fruits, they are false fruits and true fruits. True... View Article
Parthenocarpy is the development of fruits without fertilization. Fruits hence produced are known as parthenocarpic fruits. In pomegranates, the... View Article
Floral features are mainly used in angiosperms identification because the reproductive parts are more stable and conservative compared to the... View Article
A plant bearing clinging roots is an orchid. These clinging roots arise from the nodes of the stem and seep into the stems of the host plant.... View Article
Pneumatophores are found in the vegetation which is found in marshy and saline lakes. Knees or Pneumatophores are specialized roots developing in... View Article
The edible part of banana is endocarp and the less developed mesocarp. Bananas are berries developing from the multicarpellary or monocarpellary... View Article
Tubers are swollen tips of the underground branches. These are oval or round in appearance. Each of the tubers comprises several notches on their... View Article
Solanum melongena or Brinjal belongs to the family solanaceae. Their fruits are rich in iodine and are used in the form of vegetables. The... View Article
An example of a hesperidium type of fruit is lemon. These fruits have several chambered fleshy fruits which develop from the syncarpous,... View Article
The style in maize is a long filamentous thread protruding at the end of a young cob of maize. The male inflorescence takes the terminal position... View Article
ATP is adenosine triphosphate and contains three terminal phosphate groups, whereas ADP is adenosine diphosphate and contains only two phosphate... View Article
ATPases are a class of enzymes, which catalyse the hydrolysis of ATP to ADP. The energy derived by breaking the phosphate bond is utilised in... View Article
There are two types of glucose transport. Facilitated diffusion does not require ATP as glucose is transported down the concentration gradient,... View Article
ATP is utilised in the biosynthetic phase or carbon fixation during photosynthesis. 18 ATP molecules are utilised in the Calvin cycle for the... View Article
Proteins can also act as a respiratory substrate and produce ATP. Proteins are broken down by proteolytic enzymes to produce amino acids. Amino... View Article
