Sentences with phrase «plant tissue which»

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This is probably a healthier situation for plant growth in that an oversupply of a nutrient such as nitrogen can lead to lush, succulent tissue growth which is more vulnerable to fungal and bacterial entry, more appealing to some insects, and more prone to stress injury from heat, cold, or drought.

The healthy alternatives are packed with phytochemicals (plant - based compounds) that include antioxidants, flavonoids and carotenoids, all of which help reduce inflammation and protect the tissues from oxidation, which can damage them.

It contains phytoestrogens or plant - estrogens, which can increase breast tissue and milk supply.

They prefer stressed or dying trees, which have more ethanol — an alcohol that's produced naturally by the plant — flowing through their tissues.

He is focusing on a class of insecticides called neonicotinoids, and in particular imidacloprid, which is used to coat sunflower seeds and then suffuses the plants» tissues as they grow.

Tough lignin, which helps form the main part of woody tissue, is the second most common component of terrestrial plants.

Phloem tissue is responsible for translocating nutrients and sugars (carbohydrates), which are produced by the leaves, to areas of the plant that are metabolically active (requiring sugars for energy and growth).

ECM was known to be the glue that holds tissue together, a cellular - level skeleton upon which nerve, bone, and muscle can plant themselves and get to work.

Similarly, apples and pears also only have a few seeds (10 at most) but are not berries — they belong to a different fruit type, known as pomes, which have some fruit flesh not made from the flower's ovary, but rather from plant tissue near the ovary, which is the same for strawberries.

On the other hand, on a molecular level, researchers find that there is a specific response tied to the hormone levels within the tissue, meaning that the plant could tell which type of stress it is being subjected to, and therefore induce the most suitable physiological responses to fight it.

The pest programmed the plant roots in beets to form a special nutritive tissue, which the nematode uses for its own growth.

These are little worms that first induce the roots to form galls, which they then inhabit, feeding on the plant tissue.

«C4 leaves have less dense tissues, allowing more leaves to be produced for the same carbon cost which means C4 plants invest more in roots than C3 species.»

We can also learn how fast plants respond to stresses and which tissues are important for the response.»

The transformed cells are transplanted onto plant regeneration medium, which contains nutrients and hormones that cause the tissue to grow into a tiny new plant.

«Plants at the base of the plant evolutionary lineage like moss don't have the same tissues and organs as flowering plants, which evolved more recently, so the genes» roles must be very different,» LippmanPlants at the base of the plant evolutionary lineage like moss don't have the same tissues and organs as flowering plants, which evolved more recently, so the genes» roles must be very different,» Lippmanplants, which evolved more recently, so the genes» roles must be very different,» Lippman says.

Frommer and his lab have worked extensively on the family of SWEET sugar transporters, which play several key roles in plants, including producing nectar and transporting sugars from the leaves to other tissues.

The observations are based on satellite readings of CO2, carbon monoxide (which is released by wildfires) and other factors like the fluorescence of the chlorophyll in plant tissues (which reflects growth).

Both nanofiber dressings use plant and animal proteins in which to regenerate new tissue and promote healing.

In this regard, animal proteins are better than plant proteins, which makes perfect sense given that the muscle tissues of animals are very similar to our own tissues.

The good news concerning eggplant is that the predominant phenolic compound found in all varieties tested is chlorogenic acid, which is one of the most potent free radical scavengers found in plant tissues.

The discussion had been all about «green smoothies», which tend to favor plants and not animal tissues.

Animal tissues exclusively synthesize MK - 4, but many anaerobic bacteria synthesize other menaquinones, which they use for energy production much in the way that plants use vitamin K1.80 We can therefore obtain vitamin K2 by absorbing that which is produced by our intestinal flora or by eating fermented foods, in addition to eating animal foods which contain vitamin K2 synthesized from vitamin K1 found in grass.

This has been shown by a number of studies which have demonstrated that plant omega 3 - rich oils significantly elevate tissue levels of EPA / DHA.

It's also perfect for muscle building because it's a source of highly bioavailable plant protein rich in essential amino acids, which are the vital building blocks of muscle tissue.

Animal tissue such as meat, poultry and fish provide mostly heme iron, which is more readily absorbed than nonheme iron, the type found in egg yolks and plant - based foods.

Vascular plants have lignified tissue and specialized structures termed xylem and phloem, which transport water, minerals, and nutrients upward from the roots and return sugars and other photosynthetic products.

In contrast, coal deposits apparently are derived from whole plants or from the cellulosic fraction of land plants, which is the major nonlipid constituent, of plant tissues.

«Corals live in a symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae, which are plant - like cells hosted in surface tissues that provide up to 90 % of the energy to the colony,» said Stephen Simpson, a marine biologist at the University of Exeter in the UK, commenting on the study.

Dryland, to a geographer, is not desert: it is terrain on which rain certainly falls, but rainfall is balanced by evaporation and transpiration through plant tissues.

The design uses an innovative process called «DIY agronomy tissue culture», which relies on cell cultures to grow plants rather than seeds and cuttings.