Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance
On the basis of his experiments of hybridization Mendel proposed following rules of heredity-1. Law of dominance, 2. Law of iseggregation and , 3.Law of Independent Assortment.
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Onions of Flowerless Plants: POH-1 Developed in Punjab
The scientists of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana worked for ten years to develop a new High Yielding Variety of onion entitled POH-1.
Processes of Life
All those processes that maintain the body of an organism collectively are called as life processes. These processes principally include Nutrition, Respiration, Internal Transport, and Excretion. Some other processes of life like control and coordination, Reproduction, Heredity and Evolution etc. are essentially found in living beings but they are not directly related to processes of life. Hence, these may or may not be regarded as life processes
Animals : domestic and wild
Animals can be categorized mainly into two categories- domestic, and wild. However, the domestic animals that live under wild conditions are called Feral Animals.
Adoption of Zero Deforestation Policies by corporations and markets
It is said that corporations can destroy the world’s intact forests. They have also the Power to help save them. They can make an impact by introducing zero- deforestation policies. These policies require suppliers to produce commodities such as timber, beef, palm oil, and fibres for paper in such a way that has a minimal impact on natural forests and climate. These can also introduce paper procurement policies that set ambitious targets to maximise the use of post-consumer recycled wood, pulp, paper and fibre in their products and ensure that any virgin fibre used is certified by a rigorous third-party certification system.
Toucan- a cute and cruel but friendly and smart bird
Toucan is a cute and friendly bird with a small rounded tail and a long, red and amazing bill. It belongs to family Ramphastidae of zoological order Piciformes belonging to the genus Ramphastos.
There are 37 species in Ramphastidae and the largest birds are known as Toco toucan. The bird about which we are going to talk about right now is the Toucan – yes, the Ramphastos aerial. You might have seen some famous TV serials with Toucan as one of the leading characters on the National Geographic; or some famous children’s films with Toucan as here- like Rio-.
Herbs that Protect us during COVID-19
In the early stages of COVID-19, when the world was in terror, and no way of treatment was seen, the public of India depended on the traditional systems of healthcare.
Our Food, Culture and Biodiversity
Thus, diversity of food is in fact the diversity of culture or at least you can say that cultural diversity of India is linked to its biodiversity. And so, the cultural diversity of the world is linked to its biodiversity. But often, we don’t get ready to accept it.
Domestic and Wild – animals
Animals could be mainly divided into wild and domestic. However, the domestic animals that live under wild conditions are called Feral Animals. It is not very difficult to understand a domestic animal from a wild animal, by looking at them, as there are many differences exhibited between them.
Joint Forest Management (JFM) and National Scenario
The concept of joint forest management was initiated on a large scale through guidelines issued by the government of India in 1990. According to those guidelines the village communities are to be involved in the development and protection of degraded forests based on taking their genuine share of benefits from those forests.
Air Pollution may cause depression in human being
From different sources it has been confirmed that air pollution has increased in Indian cities after Deepawali festival. Delhi and many other cities of India are experiencing very heavy pollution. Particulate matter in these cities have increased up to such an extent that many persons have started suffering from breathing related problems.
