Hugo Scheer is a professor of botany and takes an exciting walk through the variety of colors in plants and the functions they have for plants in a vivid way. For example, most plants are green because of a mixture of the blue chlorophylls and the yellow carotenoids. They enable photosynthesis, which is the formation of sugars and other nutrients from carbon dioxide in the air and water with the help of light. But there are also pigments that protect plants from damage by light, virtually from sunburn. The greatest variety of colors is found in flowers to attract pollinators. Among them are also colors that humans do not see, but the insects do. In addition, many fruits also contain attractant colors to ensure the spread of their seeds.
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In cooperation with
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Friends of the Botanical Garden
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This event is free of charge.
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What language:
German
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With these dazzling colors no pollinator can resist! © Blende12, Pixabay
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Munich Public Library
Public libraries provide people with media of all kinds, teach media literacy and thus enable participation in social life. These are also the tasks of the Munich Public Library. It is a lively metropolitan library that sees the diversity of the city's society as a challenge and takes it up in its services.
