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  2. Water sprout - Wikipedia

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    Vertical water sprout on Prunus Water sprouts arising from epicormic buds within the trunk of Betula. Water sprouts or water shoots are shoots that arise from the trunk of a tree or from branches that are several years old, from latent buds. [1] The latent buds might be visible on the bark of the tree, or submerged under the bark as epicormic buds.

  3. Transplanting - Wikipedia

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    Transplanting an olive tree in Greece Pongamia pinnata Tree transplantation in Feliz Homes Kottakkal Malappuram dt Kerala India.. In agriculture and gardening, transplanting or replanting is the technique of moving a plant from one location to another.

  4. Potometer - Wikipedia

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    A potometer' (from Greek ποτό = drunken, and μέτρο = measure), sometimes known as transpirometer, is a device used for measuring the rate of water uptake of a leafy shoot which is almost equal to the water lost through transpiration. The causes of water uptake are photosynthesis and transpiration. [1]

  5. Watertable control - Wikipedia

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    In geotechnical engineering, watertable control is the practice of controlling the height of the water table by drainage.Its main applications are in agricultural land (to improve the crop yield using agricultural drainage systems) and in cities to manage the extensive underground infrastructure that includes the foundations of large buildings, underground transit systems, and extensive ...

  6. Blackberry - Wikipedia

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    Blackberry leaves are food for certain caterpillars; some grazing mammals, especially deer, are also very fond of the leaves. Caterpillars of the concealer moth Alabonia geoffrella have been found feeding inside dead blackberry shoots. When mature, the berries are eaten and their seeds dispersed by mammals, such as the red fox, American black ...

  7. The Private Life of Plants - Wikipedia

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    The Private Life of Plants is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first shown in the United Kingdom from 11 January 1995.. A study of the growth, movement, reproduction and survival of plants, it was the second of Attenborough's specialised surveys following his major trilogy that began with Life on Earth.

  8. BlackBerry PlayBook - Wikipedia

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    The only way to access email was through the web browser, BlackBerry Bridge, or third-party applications from App World, which BlackBerry chose for security reasons. However, BlackBerry has made these native applications available in an update to the system software. [27] The Playbook OS 2.0 was released on February 21, 2012. [28]

  9. Phototropism - Wikipedia

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    The middle portion of the coleoptile is the area where the shoot curvature occurs. The Cholodny–Went hypothesis , developed in the early 20th century, predicts that in the presence of asymmetric light, auxin will move towards the shaded side and promote elongation of the cells on that side to cause the plant to curve towards the light source ...