Sowing sprouts or germinant sowing is the practice of sowing seeds that germinate into containers when their young root emerges. When rightly... View Article
Follow these steps for successful direct sowing - Learn if the seeds need multiple seeds or can be singly sown to meet the production target... View Article
The process of seed cleaning assists in preventing diseases in the nursery. Cleaning seeds of fungal and bacterial infestation is required... View Article
Orthodox seeds can be dried without losing viability and are considered dormant. Often, they need particular treatments to promote germination.... View Article
These seeds germinate soon after they mature and disperse from the parent plant. It cannot be dried without losing viability. Recalcitrant seeds... View Article
A common annual beach plant of the temperature-zone shores, a sea rocket has a bipartite fruit. When mature, the top half is easily dislodged and... View Article
Listed below are some plant defenses: Fragmentation, dehiscence or the explosion of pods disperses seeds to escape from larvae coming through... View Article
Aggregate fruits are formed from many carpels of one individual flower. Such fruits are composed of several simple fruits attached to a fleshy... View Article
Multiple fruits are formed from individual ovaries of many flowers which are clumped together. Pineapples and figs are examples of multiple... View Article
Samara can be a one-seeded or a two-seeded simple fruit. These fruits are typified by outgrowths of the ovary wall forming a wing-like structure... View Article
To classify different types of fruits, these criteria are taken into consideration - Number of ovaries participating in fruit formation... View Article
Despite being supplied with appropriate oxygen, water and a suitable temperature, several viable seeds do not germinate as they are in a state of... View Article
The castor bean embryo is implanted in a huge endosperm. The embryo comprises two thin cotyledons, a small epicotyl, a very short hypocotyl, and... View Article
When the seed coat of a soaked bean is peeled, the embryo remains, the endosperm is absent. The bean embryo has the embryo axis and two fleshy... View Article
The development of a flower begins the sexual reproduction cycle in all flowering plants. The role of the flower is to promote the essential... View Article
They are as follows - Chemical - acid-base imbalance, decreased oxygen supply Physical - intense cold or heat, surgery, trauma, restraining... View Article
Lactotropic cells are also known as epsilon acidophil, prolactin cell, lactotroph, etc in cells in the anterior pituitary producing prolactin in... View Article
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) are inherited ailments. This ailment leads to more than one gland in the endocrine system of the body... View Article