Sentences with phrase «pollination phase»

Remember that July is arguably the most important growing month for the U.S. corn crop, when the critical pollination phase of plant development occurs.

After controlling for fluctuations in temperature and precipitation, the team found that 2014 was not an anomaly: The shrub appeared to be consistently entering its weeklong pollination phase on the night of the full moon in July.

To further bolster their theory, the team looked at species of Ephedra that are pollinated by wind and discovered that these close relatives did not appear to sync their pollination phases with the lunar cycle.

Not exact matches

One of the ideas that Williams is interested in continuing to pursue is the conflict between the ecology of pollen dispersal (the free - living phase of pollen ontogeny) and the ecology of pollen tube growth after pollination (where pollen is protected and competes with other pollen for fertilization success).