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wilt

(Science: botany) A plant disease in which bacteria invade the vessels of herbaceous plants, interfere with movement of water and nutrients, and produce certain toxins that cause wilting and the eventual death of the plant.


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Re: Important unknown nanotech within humans

i mean the supression of health and biological based information kinda has a presidence......just this for example from a list of murdered or deceased scientists.....many in the field of health and many in extremly strange circumstances,ile qoute only the medical health related ones right?.... http:...

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by vincio
Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:36 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Important unknown nanotech within humans
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fungal resistance

hi is there any cotton cultivars reported with Fusarium wilt and Alternaria leaf spot disease resistance through plant breeding techniques? any idea? :)

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by didymocarpus
Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:11 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: fungal resistance
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Views: 1289

the importance of turgor pressure in plant/animal cells

... straight and continue normal cellular functions. If a plant is not able to access enough water to maintain the turgid state then it will begin to wilt, which interferes with function. There is no Turgor pressure in animal cells because if there were to become turgid they would lyse, because they ...

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by intali
Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:25 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: the importance of turgor pressure in plant/animal cells
Replies: 3
Views: 2692

Dead Plants

... to add fertilizer. The plants look like they need nutrition, so she uses a concentration 3X greater than in the fertilizer directions. Her plants wilt even though she waters them daily. Someone tells her that the air in the greenhouse may be bad and gives her a product that claims to "purify" ...

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by Lizardo5
Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:58 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Dead Plants
Replies: 1
Views: 986

How do Plants support themselves?

... pressure of water against the cell wall. when the plant it full hydrated turgor pressure is at its strongest. when it is dehydrated it tends to wilt.

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by GIBSON_EXP
Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:14 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: How do Plants support themselves?
Replies: 4
Views: 1955
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