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The Attack of the Adelgid
... , which involves two different kinds of trees, both winged and wingless insect forms, and sexual and asexual reproduction. We told you it was complicated! Let's look at part of the life ... be used. Effective control of the brood mothers will decimate the population and prevent mass reproduction during the summer. It may take three sprayings of insecticide at weekly intervals to fully ...
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Gilding the Lily: Developments in Asiatic Hybrid Lilies
... will have been inherited from the male, or pollen parent. When sexual cells from the female parent fuse with the sexual cells from the male parent, the total chromosome number is restored ... of genetic information is referred to as a diploid. Alas, with lilies, as with humans, sexual reproduction is a complex process, fraught with hazards and attended by all manner of complications. Occasionally ...
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The Sex Life of Plants
... to know something about plant sexual reproduction, the subject of today's column. Back to the Basics Most of us learned something about the basics of plant sexual reproduction in public school. In a ... , gynoecious plants can produce very high yields. What it All Means Knowing something about plant sexual reprodcution, we can now answer some of those puzzling questions: Question: Why is my green ...
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The Lowly Earthworm: The Gardener's Friend
... almost all soil types, except very coarse soils (sands) and those that are very acidic. Reproduction Reproduction in earthworms is not fully understood. For most types, some mechanism stimulates the worm to ... into the soil. One or more live worms eventually emerge from the cocoon. They reach sexual maturity in 3-6 weeks. Some species can regenerate amputated body parts but no know ...
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