Phylloclades are stems that are modified into flat green structures which perform the functions of a leaf. These flattened green stems take over... View Article
Attachment of ovules in the ovary in flowering plants is known as placentation. Free central placentation can be seen in Dianthus. It is observed... View Article
The Polyadelphous condition indicates the cohesion of stamens. In this condition, the stamens of a flower are fused by their filaments forming... View Article
Pteridophytes are vascular plants. They reproduce by releasing sperms instead of seeds. The undersides of the fern leaf produce clusters of... View Article
One evolutionary significant trait of Selaginella is its heterosporous nature. Selaginella is the solitary genus of vascular plants in the family... View Article
Sperms of both Funaria and Pteris are released together near the archegonia, however, only the sperms of Pteris readily enter the archegonia and... View Article
Apophysis is the basal portion of the capsule in continuation with seta. The outer layer of apophysis is epidermis comprising stomata for the... View Article
In Chlamydomonas, sporophytic generation is represented by zygote. Chlamydomonas belongs to the class Chlorophyceae. This type of algae has a... View Article
Gymnosperms are plants having seeds but lacking flowers. These are vascular land plants which bear naked seeds. The ovules are not enclosed in... View Article
Some algae can tolerate a very high temperature, these are often called thermal algae. Such forms are known to grow up to 85 ℃, nearly boiling... View Article
Funaria is known as green moss or common moss. Its plant body is foliose consisting of stem axis bearing many leaves and rhizoids are present... View Article
Two net ATP molecules are produced in glycolysis as glucose is converted into two pyruvic acids in a series of enzyme catalysed reactions. 2 ATP... View Article
NADH makes ATP as it is oxidised in the electron transport chain. NADH is oxidised by NADH dehydrogenase (complex I). Oxidation of one NADH... View Article
Plants store the light energy in the form of ATP, which is formed by photophosphorylation. The ATP thus produced is utilised in the carbon... View Article
ATP and NADPH produced during the light reaction of photosynthesis are utilised in the biosynthetic phase or carbon fixation. Also Check:... View Article
In the C4 cycle of photosynthesis, a total of 30 ATPs are required for fixing 6CO2 molecules. The C3 cycle occurs in the C4 pathway also, in the... View Article
ATP or Adenosine triphosphate acts as the energy currency of the cell. It stores the energy released in the oxidation of glucose during cellular... View Article
Mitochondria utilise oxygen to produce ATP in cellular respiration. Oxygen acts as the terminal electron acceptor in the electron transport... View Article
