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Anemophily or wind pollination is a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind. [1] Almost all gymnosperms are anemophilous, as are many plants in the order Poales , including grasses , sedges , and rushes . [ 1 ]
There’s been quite a bit of research done on the benefits of indoor plants on our health and well-being.
Plants can protect themselves from abiotic stress in many different ways, and most include a physical change in the plant’s morphology. Phenotypic plasticity is a plant’s ability to alter and adapt its morphology in response to the external environments to protect themselves against stress. [ 2 ]
Plant pathogens, organisms that cause infectious plant diseases, include fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, viroids, virus-like organisms, phytoplasmas, protozoa, nematodes and parasitic plants. [2] In most plant pathosystems, virulence depends on hydrolases and enzymes that degrade the cell wall.
It can be lethal, and at the very least, can cause major gut problems and vomiting. But most major home improvement stores sell chocolate mulch, which contains lesser amounts of the actual chocolate.
Greek mythology mentions many plants and flowers, [62] where for example the lotus tree bears a fruit that causes a pleasant drowsiness, [63] while moly is a magic herb mentioned by Homer in the Odyssey with a black root and white blossoms. [64]
Today, the plant's benefits are being recognized on a global scale. Ginger has been used for some 2,000 years to treat specific health conditions. Today, the plant's benefits are being recognized ...
General damage to a plant's growing tip [9] and exposure to cold and frost can also cause fasciation. [4] [6] Some plants, such as peas and cockscomb Celosia, may inherit the trait. [9] Genetic fasciation is not contagious, but infectious fasciation can be spread from infected plants to others from contact with wounds on infected plants, and ...