Pea, (Pisum sativum), also called garden pea, herbaceous annual plant in the family Fabaceae, grown virtually worldwide for its edible seeds. The plants are fairly easy to grow, and the seeds are a good source of protein and dietary fibre.

Natural rubber, also called by other names of India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, caucho or caoutchouc, as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds, plus water.

The flower with the world’s largest bloom is the Rafflesia arnoldii.

Tests for HIV and AIDS. The primary tests for diagnosing HIV and AIDs include: ELISA Test ELISA, which stands for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, is used to detect HIV infection.

Scurvy is a disease resulting from a lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid).

Vitamin D is necessary for strong bones and muscles. Without Vitamin D, our bodies cannot effectively absorb calcium, which is essential to good bone health. Children who lack Vitamin D develop the condition called rickets, which causes bone weakness, bowed legs, and other skeletal deformities, such as stooped posture.

The pancreas secretes insulin, which is a hormone that regulates blood sugar levels. If the pancreas is malfunctioning, the amount of insulin is wrong, the level of sugar is wrong, and bad things happen – this is diabetes.

The virus can be transmitted through contact with infected blood, semen or vaginal fluids.

Within a few weeks of HIV infection, flu-like symptoms such as fever, sore throat and fatigue can occur. Then the disease is usually asymptomatic until it progresses to AIDS. AIDS symptoms include weight loss, fever or night sweats, fatigue and recurrent infections.

Vitamin D: The “sunshine” vitamin.

In general, dietary supplements containing all eight are referred to as a vitamin B complex. Individual B vitamin supplements are referred to by the specific number or name of each vitamin: B₁ = thiamine, B₂ = riboflavin, B₃ = niacin, etc.

Glucose is a sugar. Maize (corn) is commonly used as the source of the starch in the US, in which case the syrup is called “corn syrup“, but glucose syrup is also made from potatoes and wheat, and less often from barley, rice and cassava.

Among all the above-mentioned options, the maximum content of carbohydrates is present in rice only. In 100 gm of rice, there is 28 gm of carbohydrate and the amount of carbohydrates present in remaining other items is less.

It provides potassium, B12, calcium and vitamin D, which are lacking in many diets ( 4 ). Milk is also a good source of vitamin A, magnesium, zinc and thiamine (B1).

Dengue fever is caused by any one of four types of dengue viruses spread by mosquitoes that thrive in and near human lodgings. When a mosquito bites a person infected with a dengue virus, the virus enters the mosquito.

A small grain crop following mustard in the rotation will usually yield more than when following continuous small grain. Therefore, crops from this group should be avoided in the same rotation as mustard. Cereal grains are not very susceptible to the pest and disease problems of mustard.

Cotton root and the cotton plant are known as Gossypium herbaceum. Cotton is a member of the mallow or Malvaceae family. The plant was cultivated to produce cotton fiber for clothing. Cotton root bark, the inner bark, and cotton seeds are all used as herbal remedies.

NPK is a mixed fertilizer as it contains nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium. all these elements are highly essential for plant’s growth and development.

Stem cuttings is the process of cutting of stem and cut part is used to propagate sugarcane and rose. Each set contains one or more buds. A cutting is a vegetative plant part which is severed from the parent plant in order to regenerate itself, thereby forming a whole new plant.

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other halogenated ozone-depleting substances (ODS) are mainly responsible for man-made chemical ozone depletion. The total amount of effective halogens (chlorine and bromine) in the stratosphere can be calculated and are known as the equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine (EESC).

Time taken by light to reach the earth from the sun is,

The living components of an ecosystem are arranged in a hierarchical order with respect to food dependency. In a food chain, the organisms present in first trophic level are producers which synthesise food for themselves as well as all the other organisms.

Biodegradable wastes can usually be converted into useful substances with the help of. Bacteria. Nuclear proteins. Radioactive substances.

The maximum 20% of the input of solar energy falling on leaves is converted into chemical energy by green plants.

dangerous diseases like cholera and typhoid fever.