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Vegetative propagation

Definition noun A method of plant propagation not through pollination or via seeds or spores but by way of separating new... Read More

Vegetative reproduction

Definition noun A type of asexual reproduction employed by plants wherein new independent individuals emerge from the... Read More

Vegetative

vegetative 1. Concerned with growth and with nutrition. 2. Functioning involuntarily or unconsciously, as the vegetative... Read More

Vegetative bud

Definition noun, plural: vegetative buds (botany) A leaf bud; the bud that contains embryonic leaf. Supplement Plant buds... Read More

Vegetative stage

vegetative stage --> resting stage The quiescent stage of a cell or its nucleus in which no karyokinetic changes are... Read More

Asexual reproduction

Asexual Reproduction Definition What is asexual reproduction? Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that does not... Read More

Rhizome

The rhizome is derived from the Greek word rhizoma, meaning "a bunch of roots". Usually, rhizomes are confused with roots;... Read More

Apomixis

Apomixis Definition Just like any other organism, the process of reproduction is pivotal to the life cycle of plants. There... Read More

Intercalary meristem

The basic structural framework of plants is composed of different types of tissues. Based upon the capacity to divide, the... Read More

Organ

Definition Of Organ An organ is a collection of tissues that carries out a function or set of related ones. An organ often... Read More

Macrophytes

Introduction   Examples of Macrophytes. (Source: Canada's AquaticEnvironments) ... Read More

Cloning

Cloning Definition In biology, cloning is the process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals... Read More

Plant

Plant Definition A plant refers to any of the eukaryotic organisms of the biological kingdom Plantae, characterized by... Read More

Angiosperm

Angiosperms Definition What is an angiosperm? An angiosperm is a plant that produces flowers. The angiosperms, also... Read More

Secondary succession

We all have come across news where forest lands got destroyed by wildfires. Or sometimes we have read about an entire... Read More

Vegetative Cell

Any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of... Read More

Chimera

When we learned about the basic genetics of biological life, we came to know that almost all the cells of an individual have... Read More

Phenol coefficient

Chemical disinfectants are categorized based on the power of their disinfection for microbes and viruses. Strong... Read More

Gram-positive endospore-forming rods

Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods Definition Gram-positive endospore-forming rods are a group of rod-shaped bacteria... Read More

Pseudogamy

Definition noun (1) A form of parthenogenesis wherein the sperm stimulates the egg cell to develop into an embryo without... Read More

Areal cover

Areal cover (Science: botany, ecology) a measure of dominance that defines the degree to which above ground portions of... Read More

Meiosis and Alternation of Generations

Review of Mitosis: Cell Cycle The cell cycle contains the process in which cells are either dividing or in between... Read More

Biennial

Biennial Definition What is a biennial plant? Biennial plants are those that live for two years and flower only “once”... Read More

Sporophyte

Sporophyte Definition What is a sporophyte? Accordingly, the sporophyte is the plant generation that produces spores. To... Read More

Bud

Definition noun, plural: buds (general) An immature or undeveloped structure that develops into a bodily structure or a new... Read More

Perfect fungi

Definition noun A group of fungi that reproduce through asexual spores and sexually-produced spores Supplement Fungi are... Read More

Bacteriophage

Definition noun, plural: bacteriophages A virus capable of infecting a bacterial cell, and may cause lysis to its host... Read More

Mitosis

Mitosis Definition What is mitosis? In biology, mitosis refers to the cellular process where a single cell divides... Read More

Adventitious root

Definition noun, plural: advemtitious roots A root growing on the stem, leaf, or other body parts apart from the usual the... Read More

Brevibacillus brevis

Definition noun A motile aerobic ellipsoidal spore forming rod organisms involved in gramicidin production an antimicrobial... Read More

Living things

Living Things Definition A living thing pertains to any organism or a life form that possesses or shows the characteristics... Read More

Akinetes

An akinete is a thick-walled dormant cell derived from the enlargement of a vegetative cell.1 It serves as a survival... Read More

Germination

Definition noun, plural: germinations The stage in which a germ or a living thing starts to sprout, grow and... Read More

Runner

runner (Science: plant biology) A slender, prostrate or trailing stem which produces roots and sometimes erect shoots at its... Read More

Conjugation

Conjugation generally means the joining or coming together (union), such as in certain unicellular organisms (some bacteria,... Read More

Cyanobacteria

Cyanobacteria Definition Cyanobacteria is a group of photosynthetic bacteria widely distributed in various aquatic habitats... Read More

Budding

Budding Definition In a general context, budding refers to a state where development begins. In science, its meaning refers... Read More

Vascular plants

Definition of Vascular plants The term 'vascular' is derived from the Latin word vāsculum, vās, meaning "a container and... Read More

Pollen Grain

What are Pollen Grains? Plants are unique structures and so they carry out mechanisms in special ways. Fertilization in... Read More

Mycelium

Mycelium (Science: microbiology) mass of hyphae that constitutes the vegetative part of a fungus (the conspicuous part in... Read More