Watches are classified as “investment items”(投资项目)now.A 1994 Philippe recently sold for nearly ￡ 350, 000, while 1960s Rolexes have gone from 15, 000 to 30, 000 plus in a year.But, to some wealthy people, a watch is more than an investment.It's a valuable toy for self-sati...
Herbs are further classified on the basis of their properties, such as aromatics, poisons, antidotes, milk-producing and flowerless plants. Plants that share the same habitat, or that depend on or are associated with each other commercially or otherwise, are described and illustrated within the ...
Plant resources gathered from the wild are important sources of livelihood needs, especially for low-income populations living in remote areas, who rely on these plants for food, fuelwood, medicine and building materials. Yadong County is a valley at the
The trait is expressed in late stages of plant development and growth, such as flowers, fruits, seeds, etc.; The traits are controlled by genes that require special conditions to express; The traits are controlled by recessive genes; and Gene pyramiding is needed for one or more traits. Am...
Let’s say that most decorative flowers are as poisonous as they are beautiful.Types Of Crops By Life CycleEach crop goes through a series of stages of plant growth, from germination to seed production. The total duration of all these stages, namely the life cycle, varies between plants. ...
Bog plants are classified as marginals, which are plants that grow in the shallow edges and along the banks of many lakes and rivers. They include floating plants like water lilies and lotus, and plants that grow upright with roots in wet marshy soil and canes that are high and dry, like...
Sunflowers are technically classified asHelianthus annuus.They are a large plant and are grown throughout the world because of their relatively short growing season. In the United States, some varieties reach maturity from 90-100 days after planting. Domesticated sunflowers typically have a single sta...
Secondary plant metabolites are classified according to their chemical structures into several classes. In this chapter, the nature of secondary plant metabolites will be discussed as a foundation for a review of the main categories of constituents considered to be of therapeut...
While the hybridization of ecological knowledge has attracted substantial attention from researchers, the coexistence of local and allopathic medicinal traditions in literate societies widely exposed to centralized schooling and medical services has not
(mutualism). These types of interactions are called symbiosis. Furthermore, the symbiotic relationship between plant roots and fungi is known as mycorrhiza. Symbiotic endophytes can counteract the development of host plant pathogens, for example by inducing host defense mechanisms or producing compounds ...