Yes, sweet potatoes are homologous to turnips. This is because both have the same origin. Both are roots, however, are modified to take up... View Article
Yes, coconut fruit is a drupe. Drupes are fleshy fruits developing from either one or many fused carpels having one or several seeds. They have a... View Article
Cymose inflorescence is also called determinate or definite inflorescence. The main axis in a cymose inflorescence ends in a flower. Here, the... View Article
Racemose inflorescence is also called indeterminate or indefinite type wherein the growth of the peduncle is indefinite. The terminal bud here... View Article
Typically, as per conclusions from experiments, it has been deduced that Pfr of phytochrome is needed for flowering in long-day plants. It... View Article
Pollination is the first stage of reproduction in flowering plants. In pollination, the pollen produced on the male anther of a flower is... View Article
The flowering hormone or Florigen is speculated to be the protein hormone particle which regulates or stimulates the flowering process in plants.... View Article
There are a few factors due to which flowers wilt. Most of them wilt due to scarcity of minerals, water or both. Some of the flowers which are... View Article
Carnation, scientifically known as Dianthus caryophyllus, is a historically rich choice of flowers. Dianthus, its scientific name, translates to... View Article
Generally, the autoflowering strains transition from seed to harvest in about eight to ten weeks. But, in some of the varieties, this can go up... View Article
The induction of the flowering process of a plant through exposure to long durations of cold of winter or an equivalent artificial factor is... View Article
Different parameters are used to classify flowers, they are - I. Classification as per the Morphology of Flowers - Polypetalous Sympetalous... View Article
Aestivation is the mode of arrangement of the petals or sepals relative to one another in the floral buds. Aestivation can be of various types -... View Article
The flowers in China rose are actinomorphic, hypogynous with twisted aestivation. The actinomorphic flowers can be divided into 2 equivalent... View Article
Aestivation is the arrangement of accessory floral organs (sepals or petals) in relation to one another in a floral bud. It may be of valvate,... View Article
In perigynous flowers, the gynoecium is located in the centre, while the other parts of the flower are found at the rim of the thalamus, at... View Article
Axile placentation can be seen in lemon (multilocular). It takes place in syncarpous pistils. Here, the ovaries are partitioned into more than... View Article
Seeds of monocotyledonous plants have an embryo, with one large shielded cotyledon. It is the modified seed leaf. It is known as scutellum in the... View Article
Vexillum are standard, large posterior petals of a papilionaceous flower (corolla). The posterior large bilobed petal of a papilionaceous corolla... View Article
