Artificial Vegetative Propagation

Artificial vegetative propagation is the deliberate production of new plants from parts of old plants by humans. This can be done by following three methods:     1. Cutting    2. Layering    3. Grafting CuttingThe part of the plant which is removed by cutting it from...

Vegetative Propagation

Vegetative reproduction is the method of obtaining new plants from the parts (such as stems, roots and leaves) of an old plant, without any type of involvement of sex organs. Thus this method of reproduction is used in the production of higher plants from the...

Galilean telescope

A Galilean Telescope or a terrestrial telescope is an optical instrument which is used to see the magnified image of distant objects on earth. Galilean telescope consists of a convex lens as objective lens but a concave lens as eye piece. It always forms erect images...

Astronomical telescope

A telescope is an optical instrument which is used to see the distant objects. Telescopes are of two types:     1. Astronomical telescope 2. Galilean telescope or Terrestrial telescope Astronomical Telescope An astronomical telescope is an optical instrument which is...

Compound Microscope

A compound microscope is an optical instrument consisting of two convex lenses of short focal lengths which is used for observing the highly magnified images of tiny objects. The compound microscope can magnify the image of a tiny object up to 1000. Principle of...