Essays on Agriculture

Introduction The vast majority of butterflies have a four-stage life cycle; egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis) and imago (adult). In the genera Colias, Erebia, Euchloe andParnassius, a small number of species are known that reproduce semi-parthenogenetically; when the female dies, a partially developed larva emerges…

Nature scientists have, for a long time, been interested in the butterflies’ colorful wings. The coloration patterns on the wings of a butterfly have many roles, which include the attraction of the male, concealment, mate identification, and aposematic (warning) signaling. Given that the coloration on…

Introduction Admiralty Park, located in Woodlands, houses the largest nature area within an urban park in Singapore. With its wide range of habitat like mangrove and open grassland, it is also home to more than 100 species of flora and fauna and one of the…

The following project outlines the laboratory portion of associate degree undergrad genetic science course. The course stressed the understanding of molecular strategies and techniques through isolating, cloning, and expressing a sequence referred to as GAPC (a gene). GAPC has denoted the sequence that codes for…

Introduction Climate change is a global issue threatening the human and ecosystems and the animals that live within the environment. Climate change is already affecting regions of the world and the need for adaptation tools is of major importance as the global climate is occurring…

Introduction Industrialization is classified as the development of industries in a region on a wide scale, the key word here is ‘wide-scale’, in order for industrialization to occur, we need to alter the ecosystem in a sense that the land must be cleared, the consequences…

The total populace developed from 2.5 billion out of 1950 to 6.1 billion in the year 2000. Constantly 2050 the total populace is assessed to achieve 9.1 billion (somewhere in the range of 7.7 and 10.6 billion, contingent upon gauges). This implies the number of…

Biotic factors, the living factors being other organisms that are part of an individual’s ecosystem. These other organisms may compete with individuals for food or other resources. These factors affect the distribution of various species and the abundance of a species. So called living nature…

Rice (Oryza sativa) is a staple food in the Philippines and comprises 35% of an average Filipino’s daily calorie intake. Being an agricultural country, rice is a common crop in the Philippines especially in the northern parts yet the country continues to depend on importing…

During the last decades a lot of breakthrough occurred, leading to predictive gene testing. Some of our hereditary genes can actually be mutated or could be more susceptible to certains diseases. That is why some companies like 23andMe are commercialising kits that could potentially tell…