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Plants in the Scheme of Things
By way of introduction to the series, this program provides a quick overview of the history of life on earth: bacteria, the simplest plant life that arose in the still-warm volcanic waters; the progressively more complex forms of algae. Photosynthesi...(more details) |
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Mushrooms and Fungi
Mushrooms: an imprecise term that covers a range of shapes and sizes from truffles to toadstools, some perfumed delicately and others putrescent and attractive only to the vilest of insects, some growing wild and others cultivated, some beneficial an...(more details) |
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The Ecology of the Forest
Forests produce more animal and plant biomass-more life-than all the oceans combined, while occupying only one-eighth the area. This program looks at the life of both the temperate and rain forests: how the area of the forest is increased many times ...(more details) |
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Plant Defenses
Animals can escape, bite, claw; plants, being rooted in one spot, have had to come up with a host of ingenious protective devices: spines and thorns that cause pain to those who would steal their fruits; insecticides; caffeine-whose purpose is not to...(more details) |
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Water and Plant Life
This program examines the water cycle in plants, focusing on ways they adapt to insufficient water or problems of water storage. The program looks at extended shallow root networks, seed pods that open only during rain, bulbs, the effect of leaf shap...(more details) |
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