Cloning is asexual reproduction. Cuttings are taken from a mother plant in vegatative growth, and rooted in hydroponic medium to be grown as a separate plant. The offspring will be plants that are identical to the parent plant.
Cloning preserves the character of your favorite plant. Cloning can make an ocean of green out of a single plant, so it is a powerful tool for growing large crops, and will fill a closet quickly with your favorite genetics. When you find the plant you want to be your "buddy" for the rest of your life, you can keep that plant's genetic character alive for decades and pass it on to your children's children. Propagate and share it with others, to keep a copy, should your own line die out. A clone can be taken from a clone at least 20 times, and probably more, so don't worry about myths of reduced vigor. Many reports indicate it's not a problem.
Cloning will open you to the risk of a fungus or pests wiping out the whole crop, so it's important to pick plants that exhibit great resistance to fungus and pests. Pick the plant you feel will be the most reliable to reproduce in large scale, based on health, growth rate, resistance to pests, and potency. The quality of the high, and the type of buzz you get will be a very important determining factor.
Take cuttings for clones before you move plants from vegetative grow area to the flowering area. Low branches are cut to increase air circulation under the green canopy. Rooted clones are moved to the vegetative growth area, and new clones are started in the cloning area using the low branch cuttings. Each cycle of growth will take from 4-8 weeks, so you can constantly be growing in 3 stages, and harvesting every 6-8 weeks.
Some types of plants are more difficult to clone than others. Big Bud is reported to not clone very well. One of my favorite plants, Mr. Kona, is the most amazing pot I ever smoked, but it is hard as hell to clone. What a challenge! I noticed other varieties that were rooting much quicker, but it was the stone I was after! Once you find the psychoactive, almost hallucinogenic properties of some Indica/Sativa hybrids, you never want to smoke a pure Indica again. Indica is however, great medicinally, so I like to grow a few pure strains too.
Vargas Llosa’s main stance is that the United States government ought not to fund the border wall because it will cost around 6 billion and will “soon be as full of holes as swiss cheese” (Vargas Llosa 49), and because it will do nothing that it promises to do. He writes, “[the wall] will not serve in the least to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States” (Vargas Llosa 47). The problem with his argument lies in the effectiveness of the wall. Granted, a wall will not stop a dedicated person doggedly attempting to cross the border. Nor will it ...
The plants of the genus Brassica include species very important for research and agricultural purposes including vital vegetable and oilseed crops (Augustine 2013). Research for these plants typically aim to increase their nutritional value and develop traits such as herbicide tolerance, sterility, and disease and pest resistance (Gupta 2012). One plant that can be used for research is Brassica rapa, in the form of Wisconsin Fast Plants, which are a rapid cycling variety that can be used for genetics investigations (Kinds Plants 2014).
As America heads into a new year, we find our government tightening its purse strings and cracking down on excessive spending, with an emphasis on the US military. According to author Brad Plumer, a reporter at the Washington Post, “U.S. defense spending is expected to have risen in 2012, to about $729 billion, and then is set to fall in 2013 to $716 billion, as spending caps start kicking in.” Pared with a more drastic 350 billion dollar cute going into effect over the next ten years, the military finds itself cutting what cost the most to maintain and support troops (Fact Sheet par. 2). In recent years the military has bolstered an overwhelming 1,468,364 troops (Active Duty). These numbers are to be cut substantially; the biggest cut is to be seen in the Army. The Army must deal with a reduction of 80,000 troops, cutting its force of 570,000 troops to nearly 140,000.Subsequently, the budget cuts, which have led to a reduction of troops in the military, has driven the military to turn to advanced weapons technology that requires less people to m...
The Army has transformed several times during its history. Adapting to the operational environment is a necessity for the force called upon to prosecute its adversaries. The Army must do what is necessary to protect the U.S. against all enemies, and advance the national interests of the American people. To accomplish this, anticipation of threats is crucial and victory against its adversaries is an imperative. The nation relies on the military for strategic level deterrence and expects that it will be decisive in combat operations. For the military to be successful, it is important that transformation adapt to meet these expectations by conforming to the requirements of a successful force of the future in order meet any new threats in any environment around the world.
Genetic cloning may, to the public, be a relatively new technology but in reality scientists have been trying to accomplish this feat for hundreds of years. When used the right way and for the right reasons, genetic cloning for plants, animals, and humans can be used for the benefit of all.
Even though cloning methods have been in use for an extended period of time, the idea of a clone was never thought to be realistic until recently. For thousands of years, humans have been cloning plants through asexual propagation. This is simply the process of stem cutting or grafting a mammal was performed in Switzerland nearly 20 years after the carrot plant where mice cells were cloned. Later, in 1997, Dolly the sheep’s mammary cells were cloned (Lee). This was a major success for science because it was the first time an adult cell was used in which results in a clone of the previous generation of the plant and is still a method used today. It wasn’t until 1958 when modern cloning began with a carrot and in 1964 when scientist John Gurdon started the beginning of animal cell cloning of toad tadpoles. The first successful clone of embryonic cell. After scientists gained a greater knowledge of the process of cloning, they realized that it could possibly be used to benefit the world. In 2001, the first endangered species, the bull gaur, was cloned, and in...
...d select the genes and traits you want to be in your fruit/product/plant/etc so you can get more of what you want out of your plant. The downside to it, is without bees, someone, or something needs to go around, and pollinate every single flower, crop, and fruit that you need to grow. Could you even imagine pollinating a large bean field by hand? That would be utterly ridiculous, and I'm really hoping we never get that desperate.
The United States and Mexican border has been the focus of an abundant amount of controversy the past decade in the States. The border wall, or border fence, is one of several barriers preventing illegal Mexican and South American immigrants from entering the United States. However, as statistics prove, immigration and drug smuggling has been on the rise the past few decades and our “three prong approach” is not confronting the escalating issue at hand. America’s border security is not resilient enough to deter these illegal immigrants and drug smugglers; our border wall must be fortified immediately.
Although many Americans are for the Trump US – Mexico Border wall which is deemed to create a huge economy boost to provide jobs as well as fix the initial problems with illegal immigration and drug cartels at the border. Many who are on the opposing side worry where the funds for this massive wall will be pulled from; yet some fear after the wall is erected, where the economy will be sitting in the long term sense. The American population has been divided on the border wall since Donald Trump was running for the Presidency. Americans and Politicians address the short and long term effects that the wall will have on our relations with Mexico, our country’s economy and overall security to protect the American way of life.
For example, scientists want to genetically engineer agriculturally important animals so they can pollute less, grow more rapidly, and produce higher quality meat or milk (Levine 165). They also hope to turn animals into biological factories, capable of producing medicines and other products at a lower cost than traditional manufacturing (Levine 168). Cloning can also be used to help strengthen the food supply around the world. Researchers have been able to clone disease-resistant crops and livestock. Plant cloning has created many benefits for the agricultural industry. For example, cloned plants are more predictable and the yields are more reliable. They are also able to create pesticide resistant plants which save the agricultural industry millions of dollars (Levine 166). As for human cloning, scientists want to use cloning technology to be able to understand diseases
The US military can be successful in future wars if it focuses on, trains to, and adapts its force structure to prepare for full spectrum operations. The most likely challenges to US national security interests include international terrorist organizations, transnational criminal organizations, insurgent rebellions and small wars. The most dangerous challenges to US national security interests come from major conventional threats like Russia, Iran, North Korea, and China. To overcome these most likely and most dangerous challenges, the US needs to focus its strategic guidance on full spectrum operations, increase training in conventional operations while maintaining current training in irregular operations, and improve the force structure with irregular operation enablers while maintaining its conventional power capabilities.
For many years, nature has cloned organisms. When a plant sends out a stalk and it takes root, the new ...
To stop illegal immigrants from entering countries and stealing jobs from legal citizens, some believe that a border fence should be used. A border fence is a big fence that surrounds the country that is attempting regulate the amount of people entering. People believe that by setting up the large fence on the border of their country it will deter immigrants from entering illegally. The reality of this solution is that with today’s technology it will take more than a fence to keep people from crossing the border in search of a new start. There is too many
Tissue culture allows for the growth of a plant without the use of seeds or pollination.
...then disinfected in a 10% bleach solution for 15 minutes. It is important to put all necessary materials needed for culturing in the laminar flow hood to prevent spreading contaminants once you begin working. After thoroughly washing your hands and arms, remove the leaf from the bleach solution with sterile forceps, then re-sterilize forceps and scalpel before cutting the petiole into 1cm pieces and the leaf into approximately 2cm squares. Place the explants on a petri dish with media, gently pressing to ensure contact between explant and media. First the explants are placed on an initiation medium, then later placed on a development medium. The medium used depends on the the stage of growth and requirements for salts, sugar, nutrients, vitamins, hormones, and pH. This process eventually produces many plantlets that can be transplanted into a non-sterile environment.