Sentences with phrase «early flowering»

Along with the change of seasons from winter to spring comes the anticipation of new growth — it may be seen in the budding of leaves or blooming of early flowers.

Other traits reported as changed over time included earlier flowering time, which has resulted in an expanded reproductive period.

If southern plants needed to flower early in order to survive, for example, Sheth may be able to see noticeable selection of genes involved in early flowering, thereby limiting the genetic variability of this important trait in those southern plants.

Fossil evidence and reconstructions of past climatic conditions suggest that early flowering plants lived in warm tropical environments, explained co-author Jeremy Beaulieu, a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

A few early flowers bloomed this February when a warm spell blew through Ontario.

By analyzing ancient genomes of maize, scientists have found evidence suggesting that eventual agricultural use of the crop throughout the temperate highlands of the U.S. likely occurred due to propagation of varieties with earlier flowering times.

I stood in front of the too - early flower display and called my husband over, «Look, pansies,» I said because purple pansies with gold hearts are my Granny's favourite flower, they're her icon, and we were driving to her.

Although there was a general trend toward earlier flowering dates and a longer growing season, individual species» responses were distinct, and changes within a species in first, peak, and last flowering dates shifted independently of one other.

However, they found that the high - altitude varieties with slightly earlier flowering times — which were more useful and appealing to farmers at these more northern locations — probably did not come from what is modern - day Mexico; rather, the desirable phenotypes appear to be selected for by high - altitude farmers over thousands of years, the authors report.

«We found a rapid evolutionary shift to earlier flowering following a natural climate change.»

Like their living relatives, the fossil flies sport prominent proboscises, which may have enabled them to imbibe nectar from early flowers.

For example, breeding varieties for early flowering and maturity takes advantage of earlier springs and avoids late - summer drought; and breeding to produce cold - tolerant pea and lentil varieties allows fall seeding.

By extension, because flowering and leaf - out times are highly correlated for many species [36], [37], we hypothesize that yet earlier flowering times, and potentially leaf out times, will continue to be observed in the face of predicted climate change.

Early flowering plants are thought to have been woody — meaning they maintain a prominent stem above ground across years and changing weather conditions, such as a maple tree — and restricted to warm, wet, tropical environments.

I like to do lots of greenery and garden decor as a backdrop so you can just add some pumpkins or gourds in fall; twinkly lights and red berries in winter; and early flowering blooms when spring arrives.

The number of flowers produced is very large compared to those which actually set fruit, and a larger percentage of the early flowers set fruit than the later flowers.

«It reflects great progress and the results on the earliest flowers are especially intriguing.»

Our view of the earliest flowers just bloomed.

The fossil, taken from amber mines in Myanmar, dates 97 - 110 million years ago to the early - to - mid Cretaceous, when the land was still dominated by dinosaurs and conifers, but the earliest flowering plants, grasses and small mammals were beginning to evolve.

They then matched this data with molecular studies of evolutionary relationships, and used statistical modelling to infer the features of the earliest flower.

Long - term flowering records in Massachusetts, started by Henry David Thoreau, reveal that high spring temperatures in 2010 and 2012 resulted in the earliest flowering in the eastern U.S. in recorded history.

Our analyses demonstrate that record - breaking spring temperatures in 2010 and 2012 in Massachusetts, USA, and 2012 in Wisconsin, USA, resulted in the earliest flowering times in recorded history for dozens of spring - flowering plants of the eastern United States.

Yet in the early 1960s, he travelled to New York, where he encountered the early flowering of US pop art, the most formative influence on his bright, abstract canvases.

Important players in the glorious pageant of spring are the early flowering magnolias.

Visitors to the Hague's blockbuster show should not be put off by his early flowers and windmills.

Early flowering, early fruiting: Anecdotal evidence of climate change is popping up as quickly as spring crocuses, but is it coincidence or confirmation of shifts in plant phenology caused by global warming?

While many Americans may welcome that prospect, this shift has ecological consequences beyond milder temperatures and earlier flowers.

Instead, earlier flowering plants have more luck.

Give it a good start Help plants put all their energy into establishing roots by pinching off early flowers.