The below mentioned article provides a study note on the Fruits of Angiospermic Plants. Meaning of Fruit: The fruit is the seed-bearing structure of angiospermic plants developed after fertilisation by ripening of the ovary. Basically, two forms of fruits are essential to be recognised: 1. True fruit: Fruit developed from the ovary and its inner structures only, i.e. no part [...]
The following points highlight the two main thallophytes found in lichens. The thallophytes are: 1. Parmelia (Foliose Ascolichen) 2. Dictyonema (= Cora) (Basidiolichen). Thallophytes # 1. Parmelia (Foliose Ascolichen): Thallus Morphology: Thallus is leaf-like, and attached to the substratum by a small portion of the thallus. Characteristic cup-shaped ascocarps (i.e., apothecia) are scattered on the mature central part of the [...]
In this article we will discuss about the Identification of Diseased Plants and Plant Parts with the help of fifteen specimens. 1. Specimen: The infected tuber and plant shoot show the following features: (a) The infected potato is characterised by warty and dirty cauliflower-like proliferations of abnormal tissue of variable size and shape. The plant shoot also is deformed particularly [...]