Sentences with phrase «in nectaries»

The team used advanced techniques to search for transporters that could be involved in sugar transport and were present in nectaries.

Taken together, their work shows that sucrose is manufactured in the nectary and then transported into the extracellular space of nectaries by SWEET9.

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I always give the options — for honey, agave nectary or maple syrup — when I'm referencing honey in my recipes.

Famously, Charles Darwin predicted that an extraordinary white night - blooming orchid found only in Madagascar — an orchid with a nectary so deep that only an impossibly long implement could penetrate to the pollen within — necessitated the existence of a night - flying pollinator, probably a moth equipped with a nearly foot - longproboscis.

In fact, the observed nectar bleeding might actually be an early system that evolved to include the nectaries found in other plants todaIn fact, the observed nectar bleeding might actually be an early system that evolved to include the nectaries found in other plants todain other plants today.

Nearly all (98 per cent) of the flowers studied in natural conditions were damaged by herbivores, but in 85 per cent of the flowers, damage was restricted to just the nectaries, suggesting nectar was being sacrificed to protect more critical parts of the plant.

In addition to describing the new species in the paper, the co-authors Herreid and Heraty, a professor of entomology, found an interesting association between the wasps and extrafloral nectaries, which are nectar - secreting glands found on plants independent of their flowerIn addition to describing the new species in the paper, the co-authors Herreid and Heraty, a professor of entomology, found an interesting association between the wasps and extrafloral nectaries, which are nectar - secreting glands found on plants independent of their flowerin the paper, the co-authors Herreid and Heraty, a professor of entomology, found an interesting association between the wasps and extrafloral nectaries, which are nectar - secreting glands found on plants independent of their flowers.

To test this, he trained three male nectar - feeding bats (Glossophaga soricina) to search for a feeder 2.5 centimetres wide — roughly the same size as a single nectary — in a chamber filled with artificial foliage.