Leaf mass
Variability in leaf and crown morphology correlated with light availability in five natural populations of Quercus castaneifolia C.A. Mey
... on leaf and crown morphological variations in relation to a light gradient under controlled conditions in a ...higher leaf mass, leaf area, crown area, specific leaf area and ...
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Enemies lost: Parallel evolution in structural defense and tolerance to herbivory of invasive Jacobaea vulgaris
... Furthermore, leaf hardness is a defense property which acts as a physical barrier to normal feeding or oviposition by phytophagous insect herbivores (Wright et ...on leaf morphological traits leaf ...
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Quantitative Genetic Analysis Indicates Natural Selection on Leaf Phenotypes Across Wild Tomato Species (Solanum sect. Lycopersicon; Solanaceae)
... The focal species (Slyc and Spen) differed significantly (nonover- lapping 95% confidence intervals) in most traits (Figure 1A). Spen had smaller, thicker leaves, and greater leaf mass per area. Spen also had ...
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Physiological and morphological responses of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb ) and perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L ) to defoliation : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph D ) in Plant Ecology and Physiology, Department of Plant Science, Massey University
... to leaf defoliation was studied under controlled environment conditions at both the vegetative and reproductive stages of ...oldest leaf lamina was defoliated regularly to maintain four, three, two or only ...
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Ecological Impacts of Fire Trails on Plant Assemblages in Edge Habitat Adjacent to Trails
... quantified leaf mass per area (LMA), plant height, and seed mass for each ...one leaf to reach a maximum of five ...gle-sided leaf area (two-dimensional cross-sec- tional area) as the ...
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Correlated ecophysiological and growth related leaf traits among Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes
... number at bolt suggest there are constraints among leaf traits in flowering as consistent with previous studies among plant age and size at first reproduction. In general, the results from this study indicate that ...
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Differential Biomass Allocation to Above-Ground Plant Components by Two Invasive Sida Congeners in a Dry Tropical Peri-Urban Vegetation in India
... component mass fractions (stem mass fraction; SMF, leaf mass fraction; LMF and reproductive part mass fraction; RPMF) to total above-ground biomass (log scale) was ...component ...
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How Betula ermanii Maintains a Positive Carbon Balance at the Individual Leaf Level at High Elevations
... per leaf area [19] ...individual leaf level at high eleva- tions if both LMA and nitrogen content per leaf mass are high at high ...synthetic, leaf morphological and physiological ...
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Physiological mechanisms underlying growth and nitrogen productivity in rice
... root mass fraction (RMR – ratio of root mass to whole plant mass)] and less to leaves ...of leaf mass to whole- plant mass) (Poorter and Nagel, 2000, Poorter et ...
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Effects of autoclaving on the physiological action of paclobutrazol
... Since leaf dry mass per plant was not affected by the regulators which also did not affect leaf number, the mean individual leaf dry mass was also kept similar amongst all the ...
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Thesis
... rate, leaf mass per area and photosynthetic rate were measured, while pre-existing data were obtained from a fellow lab member, Miranda ...Welsh. Leaf mass per area was obtained by scanning ...
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Elevated Carbon Dioxide Alters the Relative Fitness of Taraxacum officinale Genotypes
... smaller variation for many plant traits. This indicates that certain genotypes in the original seed lot were better able to produce viable seeds under these field conditions than were other genotypes. The selection ...
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Early growth of sunflower hybrids cultivated in nutritive solutions with macronutrient omissions
... dry mass the plants were partitioned into leaves, stems and roots, placed in a forced air circulation oven at 65ºC, until reaching constant weight, after which they were weighed in a precision ...
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Removal of malachite green from aqueous solution using pulverized teak leaf litter: equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic studies
... studied. For each test, a known mass of TLLP was weighed into a 250 mL stoppered Erlenmeyer flask, and a predetermined volume of MG solution of known concentration was added. The flask, with its content, was then ...
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Does the law of diminishing returns in leaf scaling apply to vines? Evidence from 12 species of climbing plants
... diverse leaf shapes have emerged in different plants to maximize the utilization of light and enhance plant adaptation to ambient environments (Li et ...in leaf shape among plants, the scaling relationships ...
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Effect of Plant Density on Growth and Yield of Maize [Zea mays (L.)] Hybrids at Luyengo, Middleveld of Eswatini
... height, leaf area index and aboveground dry biomass were measured at three growth stages, ...sixth leaf was visible), V12 (when the collar of the 12 th leaf was visible) and R5 (when cobs showed a ...
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Basin-wide variations in foliar properties of Amazonian forest: phylogeny, soils and climate
... example leaf area, xylem density, Huber values (etc)) and generated a new (artificial) population of species for which traits varied both within the one species and between different species in a way implied by ...
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Dry matter production, nutritive value and botanical composition of a perennial ryegrass white clover pasture applied with GA and N in successive periods in autumn and spring
... A single application of GA resulted in increased mass of a both ryegrass and white clover in both autumn and spring. When expressed on a percentage of DM basis in Period 1, the percentage of white clover was ...
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The Effects of Mycorrhizae on the Growth of the Radish, Raphanus sativus L.
... and mass, leaf number, leaf canopy size, and stem diameter, were studied and recorded over a six week period to determine the effect of the fungal ...
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In Vitro Regeneration through Somatic Embryogenesis for Quality propagation of Gerbera jamesonii
... Somatic embryogenesis is an influential tool for plant propagation and improvement of ornamental plants of commercial value. We report somatic embryogenesis and successful regeneration from leaf explants of ...
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