In this article we will discuss about the functions of storage organs of beta vulgaris, explained with the help of suitable diagrams. Biennials, besides seeds, have fleshy and swollen root or stem that store nutrients. The biennial herbs store nutrients in the first year. This is for the development of the flowering shoot in the following year. Many important food [...]
In this article we will discuss about the process of healing of wounds in plants, explained with the help of suitable diagrams. Plant organs often are wounded by adverse calamities of nature, grazing animals and human interference etc. As a result the living cells are exposed and they are subjected to desiccation and attack by bacteria, fungi and other pathogenic [...]
The formation of flower or an inflorescence occurs during and after the transition of shoot apex to flowering phase. The introduction of scan electron microscope has greatly advanced the study of development of floral organs in a flower and floral primordia in an inflorescence. In an inflorescence apex a series of small, leaf-like primordia of involucral bracts appear first. Subsequently [...]