Day 60..
We started off today looking into plant reproduction, pollination and germination. Identifying the different strategies plants use to reproduce; sexual and a sexual. asexual reproduction requires only one parent. Since there is only one parent, there is no fusion of gametes (male and female parts) and no mixing of genetic information. Therefore, they are genetically identical to the parent and to each other. Asexual reproduction in plants can take a number of forms. Many plants develop underground food storage organs that later develop into the following year's plants. Potato plants and daffodil plants do this, for example. Some plants produce side branches with plantlets on them. The spider plant, Chlorophytum, does this. Other plants, such as strawberries, produce runners with plantlets on them. Sexual reproduction occurs when two cells, each with half of the DNA needed, combine and create a living cell.
We then moved onto Single Farm Payments - An agricultural subsidy paid to farmers in the EU that have eligible land (excludes woodland/forestry land). The Single Farm Payment is linked to meeting environmental, public, animal and plant health and animal welfare standards and the need to keep land in good agricultural and environmental condition. Other schemes in farming - and can form part of receiving a SFP include GAEC - Good Agricultural & Environmental Conditions, which focuses on; overgrazing, Public rights of way, control of weeds and hedgerows, and SMR's - Statutory Mandatory Requirements, which focus on; NVZ's (Nitrate Vulnerable Zones), Habitat protection, sewage/slurry control, welfare of animals, disease control and the risk & use of PPP's. These schemes, and similar, have been designed to help with the environmental effect and sustainability of farming today and into the future!
Our grassland teacher was not in today but set us a task to do in her absence with regards to grass silage analysis.
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