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Plants
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Definition of 'Plants'Multicellular, eukaryotic life forms of the kingdom Plantae. They are characterized by a mainly photosynthetic mode of nutrition; essentially unlimited growth at localized regions of cell divisions (MERISTEMS); cellulose within cells providing rigidity; the absence of organs of locomotion; absence of nervous and sensory systems; and an alteration of haploid and diploid generations. Common names: Plants |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
16 Dec 2009 
Biomineralization is widespread among photosynthetic organisms in the ocean, in inland waters and on land. The most quantitatively important biogeochemical role of land plants today in biomineralization is silica deposition in vascular plants, ... Read more...
Vertebrate endothermy restricts most fungi as potential pathogens.
13 Nov 2009 The paucity of fungal diseases in mammals relative to insects, amphibians, and plants is puzzling. We analyzed the thermal tolerance of 4802 fungal strains from 144 genera and found that most cannot grow at mammalian temperatures. Fungi from insects ... Read more...
Macrovertebrate paleontology and the Pliocene habitat of Ardipithecus ramidus.
30 Sep 2009 A diverse assemblage of large mammals is spatially and stratigraphically associated with Ardipithecus ramidus at Aramis. The most common species are tragelaphine antelope and colobine monkeys. Analyses of their postcranial remains situate them in a ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Plants'
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- Biomineralization by photosynthetic organisms: evidence of coevolution of the organisms and their environment? 16 Dec 2009
- Vertebrate endothermy restricts most fungi as potential pathogens. 13 Nov 2009
- From plant to power.
6 Oct 2009 - How to make a meandering river. 3 Oct 2009
- Macrovertebrate paleontology and the Pliocene habitat of Ardipithecus ramidus. 30 Sep 2009
- The geological, isotopic, botanical, invertebrate, and lower vertebrate surroundings of Ardipithecus ramidus. 30 Sep 2009
- Paleontology. Pushing back amber production. 30 Sep 2009
- Origins. On the origin of ecological structure. 30 Sep 2009
- Receptor-like kinases shape the plant. 29 Sep 2009
- Fungicide risk assessment for aquatic ecosystems: importance of interspecific variation, toxic mode of action, and exposure regime. 29 Sep 2009
- Polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins/ dibenzofurans and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in soil, vegetation, workshop-floor dust, and electronic shredder residue from an electronic waste recycling facility and in soils from a chemical industrial complex in eastern China. 29 Sep 2009
- Effects of warming and altered precipitation on plant and nutrient dynamics of a New England salt marsh. 29 Sep 2009
- A unifying approach for evaluating the condition of wetland plant communities and identifying related stressors. 29 Sep 2009
- Response of the Everglades ridge and slough landscape to climate variability and 20th-century water management. 29 Sep 2009
- Assigning glucose or galactose as the primary glycosidic sugar in 3-O-mono-, di- and triglycosides of kaempferol using negative ion electrospray and serial mass spectrometry. 29 Sep 2009
- Mostly plants. 29 Sep 2009
- Effects of plant-based diets on plasma lipids. 29 Sep 2009
- Differing requirements for actin and myosin by plant viruses for sustained intercellular movement. 26 Sep 2009
- The plant endoplasmic reticulum: a cell-wide web. 23 Sep 2009
- Major evolutionary transitions in centromere complexity. 16 Sep 2009
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Technical information about 'Plants'
Definition: Multicellular, eukaryotic life forms of the kingdom Plantae. They are characterized by a mainly photosynthetic mode of nutrition; essentially unlimited growth at localized regions of cell divisions (MERISTEMS); cellulose within cells providing rigidity; the absence of organs of locomotion; absence of nervous and sensory systems; and an alteration of haploid and diploid generations.
Descriptor UI: D010944
Alternative terms: Plants;
Related Mesh Headings: Herbicides; Phytotherapy; Pharmacognosy; Plant Proteins; Pollen; Seeds; Ethnobotany; Ethnopharmacology;
Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; anatomy & histology; classification; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; poisoning; radiation effects; toxicity; ultrastructure; chemistry; virology;
Tree Number: B06;
Online Note: use PLANTS to search PYRETHRUM 1966-85
History Note: PYRETHRUM was heading 1963-85
Technical Notes: general only: prefer specific groups or specific plants; plants or "plant tissue": Manual 31.10; /anat: consider also PLANT COMPONENTS; /embryol: consider also SEEDS; policy 22.30, 36.25; plants used in therapy = PHYTOTHERAPY: Manual 26.29