%0 Journal Article
%T Comparing Durations of Plant and Human Physiological Processes and Highlighting  Their Importance to the Earth System
%A Ashehad A. Ali
%J American Journal of Plant Sciences
%P 113-117
%@ 2158-2750
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ajps.2023.142009
%X Highly dynamic physiology limits our ability to
understand and compare durations of plant physiological and human physiological
processes in concert. In this study, I used literature data and examined a
reproductive process, fruiting, for deciduous rubber trees from two tropical
rubber plantations grown in different geographical locations. In particular, I
focused on fruiting timings and found that fruiting in rubber trees occurs
within eight to nine months from the time when the rubber tree is dormant. The
duration of this interesting physiological process is analogous to a situation,
where women take about nine months to deliver a baby following fertilization. Based
on the data, I generalize (ˇ°extrapolateˇ±) that every deciduous tree fruiting
takes about eight to nine months since it is dormant. I recommend that the
fruiting process be represented in earth system models for deciduous trees. I
also suggest follow-up work that can be done in this field of research.
%K Plant Physiology
%K Human Physiology
%K Fruiting
%K Deciduous Trees
%K Earth System Models
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=122967