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Plants and people
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/04/2009

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most critical for the study of dendrochronology
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Sensitive rings
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Pines and other conifers
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Lack Vessels
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Durum Wheat is a
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Tetraploid
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Bread Wheat is a
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Hexaploid
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Clear Sticky and found in Pine
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RESIN
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Milky white watery substance
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Latex
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LSD derived from
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ERGOT
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An example of dihybridization is
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CORN
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Chaulmoogra is from
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SE Asia
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Truffles are found
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Underground
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Monoclutures least significant problem
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is dietary variety reduction
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Example of diffusionism
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Sweet potato, corn
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Example of inventionism
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datura, willow
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Native to the New World;
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capsium and Bell pepper
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Weedliness flourishes when the weed is introduced into a
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environment that they are not native to
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Baobab Tree
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a multipurpose tree in Africa
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Pea Family
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Wisteria, Agacia, and raffaeweed
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KELPS are
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large algae
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Diatoms
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Glasslike cell wall
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Single cell protein are produced by
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algae chorella and spirulian
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Alkaloid
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Buttercup, Legume, Tomato, potato
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Which is not native to the new world
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English pea
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Word "Poi" comes from
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TARO
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Corn derived from
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Teosinte
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Datura=
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Alkaloid
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New World Crops=
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Cassva, potato, corn, squash
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Old world crops=
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wheat, barley, sorghum
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Decandolle claims that
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there was no new world/ old world communication
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Castor bean is
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NOT a part of the bean family but rather part of spurge family
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Poisonous member of carrot family=
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water hemlock
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Doctrine of signatures
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Ginseng, mandrake
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what cures maleria?
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chinchona
quinine
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Lepresy Remedy?
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chaulmoogia
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What cures ameobic dysentary?
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ipecae
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Cancer curing?
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periwinkle
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Where was Breadfruit introduced to by the british?
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west indies
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Breadfruit was native to
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polenesia
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World wide multipurpose plant used for fiber food and construction
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Palm
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Alkoids
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occur frequently in seed plants, medicines, but many are poisonous
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important starchy food from american tropics
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manioc
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water hemlock
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poisoning agent other than alkaloid
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which does not contain tropane alkoid
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oleander
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cortisone and hormones can be extracted form
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yams
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spice from the new world
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capsaicin / bell peppers
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