Sentences with phrase «plant stems during»
Many solitary bees, such as this long - horned bee, can be found clinging to plant stems during the night and early morning as they sleep.
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During flooding, the rice plant elongates its leaves and stems to escape submergence.
Growers of annual bedding plant seedlings or plugs work to produce compact, fully rooted transplants with a large stem diameter and high root dry mass — qualities that make seedlings less susceptible to damage during shipping and transplant.
Apart from advancing our understanding of how plants regulate their growth and shape, this research presents new questions for stem cell researchers in regards to cell size checkpoints and their importance during organism development.
An aerial parasite, V. scurruloideum attaches to the stem of its host plant to derive nutrients for survival, and its general appearance is familiar to anyone who has ever stood under mistletoe during the holiday season.
Plants either dropped their leaves seasonally, shutting down the pathways that would normally carry water between roots and leaves; developed thinner water - conducting pathways, allowing them to keep their leaves while reducing the risk of air bubbles developing during freezing and thawing; or avoided the cold seasons altogether as herbs, losing aboveground stems and leaves and retreating as seeds, or storing organs underground, such as tulips or potatoes.
High quality agaves are very good feedstock material for biofuel... for the following characteristics: high total sugar density and content; high weight of the fruit and stems; cultivation and harvest cycles of six years; high density of plants per hectare; genetic diversity and high adaptability, low water requirements; CO2 and capture; methane metabolism; soil retention; plant nutrition; products from inulin; and low maintenance during cultivation.
In MacQueen, for instance, the court ruled that any negligence stemming from steel plant emissions would have occurred over decades, during which time environmental standards have drastically changed.