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He taught Botany at the University of Delhi, establishing that department as a globally important center of research in embryology and tissue culture. Maheshwari founded the scientific journal Phytomorphology (Plant Morphology) , [ citation needed ] for which he served as chief editor until his death in 1966; and the more popular magazine ...
Those who wish to adopt the textbooks are required to send a request to NCERT, upon which soft copies of the books are received. The material is press-ready and may be printed by paying a 5% royalty, and by acknowledging NCERT. [11] The textbooks are in color-print and are among the least expensive books in Indian book stores. [11]
Note that this system was published well before there were internationally accepted rules for botanical nomenclature.It indicates a family by "ordo"; an order is indicated by "cohors" (in the first two volumes) or "series" (in the third volume); in the first two volumes “series” refers to a rank above that of order.
Ammal did her primary schooling at Sacred Heart Convent in Thalassery followed by a bachelor's degree which she obtained from Queen Mary's College, Madras. [5] She obtained an honours degree in botany from Presidency College in Madras (present-day Chennai) [5] and then moved to the University of Michigan in 1924, earning a master's degree in botany in 1926 through the Barbour Scholarship. [2]
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The ascent of sap in the xylem tissue of plants is the upward movement of water and minerals from the root to the aerial parts of the plant. The conducting cells in xylem are typically non-living and include, in various groups of plants, vessel members and tracheids.
The principal Latin writer on botany was Pliny the Elder (23–79 AD). From Mediaeval times, Latin became the universal scientific language ( lingua franca ) in Europe. Most written plant knowledge was the property of monks, particularly Benedictine , and the purpose of those early herbals was primarily medicinal rather than plant science per se .
The scutellum is part of the structure of a barley and rice [1] seed—the modified seed leaf.. The scutellum (from the Latin scutella meaning "small shield") can also refer to the equivalence of a thin cotyledon in monocots (especially members of the grass family).