aaah, but microscopically that is very different from a stem!!! and the process of transformation must mean something...
lets see what an enterprising young mind comes up creatively... I think we need creative imaginative advisors also in this country... should not accept "simple" facts... usha di ====== On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 9:03 PM, N Arun Kumar Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > the root structure is nothing complex....adventitious roots are growing, > and the normal upright stem somehow bends and pushes under the soil. > > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 9:00 PM, ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> So, Tanay, may be it could be a MS student 's summer project the first >> year.. would be a nice paper... >> >> are there root specific enzymes or proteins that would manifest? >> >> Usha di >> >> ====== >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi Usha Di. >>> I am not sure how they will look microscopically but presumably >>> you will find adventitious roots growing from the stem. >>> Tanay >>> >>> On 18 December 2011 22:51, Ushadi micromini >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> So Tanay, if one takes out these plants from the pots and washes away >>>> the soil... there would be a segment of the stem buried itself LOOK >>>> grossly and microscopically like a root and "secondary" rootlets?, >>>> and then as it emerges out ..tuns green and develops microscopic >>>> characteristics of stem again? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Dec 18, 7:45 pm, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Excellent some species of Euphorbiaceae, I think peculiar feature >>>> > is due t its xeric habit where the stem push into the soil to modify >>>> > itself into roots and then emerges out. >>>> > Tanay >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> is it? >>>> >>>> Usha di >>>> >>>> =============== >>>> > >>>> > On 18 December 2011 04:38, N Arun Kumar Kumar <[email protected] >>>> >wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > this plant has peculiar habits! notice how the stems start pushing >>>> into >>>> > > the soil and then out through the waterhole! i found this very >>>> interesting.. >>>> > > id help appreciated >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > *Tanay Bose* >>>> > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >>>> > Department of Botany. >>>> > University of British Columbia . >>>> > 3529-6270 University Blvd. >>>> > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >>>> > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >>>> > 604-822-2019 (Lab) >>>> > 604-822-6089 (Fax) >>>> > [email protected] >>>> > *Webpages:* >>>> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Tanay Bose* >>> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >>> Department of Botany. >>> University of British Columbia . >>> 3529-6270 University Blvd. >>> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >>> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >>> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >>> 604-822-6089 (Fax) >>> [email protected] >>> *Webpages:* >>> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html >>> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html >>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ >>> >>> >>> >> >
