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| Flowering plant (10) | |
| Vascular plant (6) | |
The practice of biomimicry already taps into nature's ingenuity oe for example, the famous hexagonal skin of Norman Foster's Gherkin was inspired by the Venus Flower Basket sponge,
Throughout North dakota, little yellow flowers dot thousands of miles of roadsides. These canola plants, found along most major trucking routes, look harmless.
Tens of thousands of workers carefully harvest the flowers, package them into attractive bouquets, and then bar-code them, before they re flown to Europe
however, is evolving to allow more small-scale flower growers to participate. In Kenya, Wilmar Agro Limited acts as an intermediary for more than 2000 small flower farmers,
whose goods it then sells at Dutch flower auctions. 3. International demand for Africa s crops is soaring Global prices for African cocoa,
cotton, and even green beans are at or near historic highs. Cocoa, the key ingredient in chocolate, commands double
Europe s surging demand for fresh vegetables and cut flowers has been a windfall for African farmers.
When you look at a picture of a red flower on paper there is a pigment chemical that absorbs each color--green and blue for instance
the perpetual moisture warmth and rich soil lead to extravagant growth of hundreds of varieties of tropical grasses plants flowers vines and trees furnishing favorable harbor for the insects;
when to germinate grow make food flower and even age. Like eyes the phytochrome is a light sensor that converts sunlight into chemical signals to get these jobs done.
when to flower says Vierstra. Plants use the molecule to sense where they are in the canopy;
or to flower and make fruit. Based on the light available the phytochrome cycles between an inactive and active state.
Glossophaga soricina a nectar bat feeding on the flowers of a banana plant. Nectar feeding bats comprised one of three evolutionary optima for mechanical advantage among New world Leaf-nosed bats.
Nectar feeders have very low mechanical advantage--a trade-off for having long narrow snouts that fit into the flowers in
and flowers as well as human-made materials such as a sheet of tissue paper lying in a dish of water.
which is a trade-off for having long narrow snouts that fit into the flowers in
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