The Fruit – Morphology The fruit is a characteristic feature of flowering plants. It is a mature or ripened ovary that develops after fertilization. Sometimes fruit also develops without fertilization, which is called a parthenocarpic fruit. Type of fruits: parthenocarpic fruit: The fruit develops without fertilization, and it is a Read more…
Nobel Prizes and Nobel Laureates: 2020 Twelve laureates were awarded the Nobel Prize in 2020, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind Nobel Prizes and Nobel Laureates: 2020 Field Nobel Laureates Contribution of Nobel Laureates The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 Roger Penrose for the discovery that Read more…
The flower The flower is a modified shoot, meant for sexual reproduction, so it is a reproductive unit in the angiosperms. A typical or complete flower consists of four main parts i.e. Calyx and Corolla (as accessory organs) and Androecium and Gynoecium (reproductive organs). All these parts are arranged Read more…
List of Indian Nobel Laureates Nobel Prize- Introduction: The Nobel Prize includes five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel’s Will of 1895, are awarded to “those persons who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.” Nobel Prizes are awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Read more…
Anti-COVID drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) Developed by DRDO DCGI approves anti-COVID drug developed by DRDO for emergency use, the drug comes in powder form in a sachet, which is taken orally by dissolving it in water About Anti COVID drug 2-DG An anti-COVID-19 therapeutic application of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) has Read more…
Indices published in 2020 INDEX NAME AND ABOUT THE INDEX PUBLISHED BY INDIA RANK TOP RANK Global Manufacturing Risk Index (MRI) 2020: MRI publishes this report Annually for the Most Suitable location for Global Manufacturing Among 48 Countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific Which Score each country Against 20 Read more…
Inflorescence in flowers The reproductive shoot-bearing group or cluster of flowers, that arrangement or specific pattern of flowers on the floral axis is called an inflorescence. The main axis of an inflorescence is called a peduncle. Inflorescence can be divided into the following types: Racemose Inflorescence Cymose Inflorescence Compound /mixed Read more…
Morphology of Leaf Introduction: Leaf A leaf (plural leaves) can be defined as a dorsoventrally flattened structure that arises from the node of the stem and bears a bud in its axil. The axillary bud later develops into a branch. They develop from shoot apical meristem and are arranged in Read more…