208 Answered Questions for the topic botany

05/19/19

What are the technical challenges that are limiting the use or adoption of genetically modified plants or crops?
For example, what's preventing scientists from using plants to produce high value materials at large quantities? Or create a single plant with a multitude of nutrients to prevent disease?
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Botany Biology

05/16/19

What are the roles of NADPH and ATP during the chemical stage of photosynthesis?
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Botany Temperature

05/11/19

Why is it cool near the trees?
I can understand that trees produce oxygen in daylight but why is the area with vegetation much cooler than the environment's temperature?
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Botany Biology Ecology

05/10/19

State the factors responsible for seed germination.
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Botany Biology

05/10/19

What are the processes that occur during the photochemical stage of photosynthesis?
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05/09/19

Can roots have cuticle, especially aerial roots?
In my school biology book, it is written that cuticle covers the epidermal cells in aerial parts of plants and root epidermis doesn't have cuticle. My question is that whether aerial roots, in... more
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Botany Biology

05/08/19

What are the main structures of chloroplasts?
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05/06/19

How to correctly and accurately identify a few species of trees from their leaves?
I want to identify a tree from one of the 12 species listed based on observing their branch and leaves. Is there quick and neat way to do it? Red Oak, White Oak, Red Maple, Striped Maple, Tulip... more
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Botany Biology

05/04/19

How do chloroplasts multiply?
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Botany Biology

05/04/19

What are the divisions of white light according to the electromagnetic spectrum? Which are the two most efficient colors for photosynthesis?
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05/04/19

How do plants absorb CO2?
I see many repeated claims that plants absorb CO2 from the air. CO2 goes into the stomata, while H2O evaporates and leaves those same stomata. The CO2 dissolves in the water in the plant sap, and... more
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Botany Biology

05/02/19

What are NADP and NADPH?
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Botany Biology

05/02/19

What are the stages of photosynthesis?
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Botany Biochemistry

04/26/19

Are there any plants that fix their own nitrogen?
I know that most nitrogen is fixed through industrial processes and bacterial symbiotic relationships. However, are there any plants that can fix their own atmospheric nitrogen?
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04/26/19

What is an accessible book about plant evolution for a non-biologist?
I have an acquaintance interested in learning about the evolution history of plants. This person has a wide knowledge on botanics, from personal reading and taking care of plants, but E is neither... more
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Botany Biology

04/26/19

What chemical substances are produced by water photolysis? What is the purpose of each of those substances?
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04/26/19

How does the color of henna fade?
Henna contain lawsone pigment that attaches to the proteins of the skin,hair,etc.But after a few weeks the color fades?How does the color fade?Is the pigment volatile or it is degraded by the... more
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04/26/19

Does cooking or ripening reduce the concentration of solanine in nightshade?
I recall a story from one of my Botany professors where he encountered a woman picking Solanum dulcamara (nightshade) berries. When he asked her what she was doing with them, she responded that her... more
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Botany Biology

04/26/19

In which chloroplast structure are chlorophyll molecules found?
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Botany Biology

04/20/19

Which chemical element is at the center of the chlorophyll molecule?
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04/19/19

What is the relationship between the light and dark reactions of photosynthesis?
My main concern is why are the dark reactions (those that produce hexose) needed? As far as I understand, the sole purpose of photosynthesis is to synthesize carbohydrates, which are only used for... more
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04/18/19

Why does the seed of the coconut tree have a liquid in it?
What is the purpose of water in the coconut seed? The reason I ask this is that I was reading about coconut water and all the benefits it has for us Humans. But why does the tree put a liquid in... more
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04/12/19

Why are some berries poisonous?
In my understanding, the evolutional function of berries is to be eaten and pood out somewhere else, so that the seeds of the plant spread. Is this so? Then why are some berries poisonous?
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04/12/19

How does a pine cone open?
When a pine cone is wet, it remains closed. However, when it's dry it opens again. From the perspective of physics or biomechanics, what is the mechanism that allows a pine cone to open and close... more
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04/12/19

Is pith a ground tissue with no specialized function?
Here is a question from the book My Max Score SAT Biology E/M Subject Test* (where the SAT is the exam taken by American high school students): > Ground tissue with no specialized function A.... more
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