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Are leaves optimally designed for self-support? An investigation on giant monocots [PDF]
arXiv, 2016 Leaves are the organs that intercept light and create photosynthesis. Efficient light interception is provided by leaves oriented orthogonal to most of the sun rays. Except in the polar regions, this means orthogonal to the direction of acceleration due to gravity, or simply horizontal.
Tadrist, Loic, Texier, Baptiste Darbois
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Do Generalist Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Females Select Dark Green Leaves Over Yellowish – Or Reddish-Green Leaves for Oviposition? [PDF]
, 2018 In late August and September, using leaves from the same branches, the polyphagous North American swallowtail butterfly species Papilio glaucus L. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) is shown to select mature dark green leaves of their host plants white ash ...
Kruithoff, Rory +2 more
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Feeding Patterns and Attachment Ability of \u3ci\u3eAltica Subplicata\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Sand-Dune Willow [PDF]
, 2017 To investigate feeding patterns of a specialist herbivore, Altica subplicata, larvae and adults were caged separately on host plants, Salix cordata, and leaf damage was estimated.
Bach, Catherine E +2 more
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, 2018 The recent closure of a lignite mine outside Elgin, Texas, and its related coal plant offers an insight into how the state’s electric grid — and its rural communities — may react to a coming age of Texas green energy ...
Lewis, Kaulie Janae
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International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research, 2022 Vegetables have been widely used for their health-promoting properties, as they have been found to be rich in minerals, and phytochemicals. The utilization of available leaves rich in essential nutrients is limited in the northern part of Nigeria; this ...
Suleiman Abdullahi +4 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2011 The metabolite profile changes induced by Fe-deficiency in leaves and xylem sap of several Strategy I plant species have been characterized. We have confirmed that Fe deficiency causes consistent changes both in the xylem sap and leaf metabolite profiles.
Rubén eRellán-Álvarez +6 more
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The nutrient content of two folia morphotypes of Centella asiatica (L) grown in Madagascar [PDF]
, 2019 Centella asiaticais aherbal plant generally used for its curative properties. Two foliar morphotypes were recently identified in Madagascar: a reniform tetraploid (2n = 4x = 36) in the Center and the East of the island and a round diploid (2n = 2x = 18 ...
Danthu, Pascal +6 more
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Bounded geometry and leaves [PDF]
, 2016 The main theorem states that any complete connected Riemannian manifold of bounded geometry can be isometrically realized as a leaf with trivial holonomy in a compact Riemannian foliated space.Comment: 21 pages. To appear in Math. Nachr. arXiv admin note:
Lijó, Ramón Barral +1 more
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Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2006 Objetivou-se avaliar os efeitos de combinações de doses de N com as de S para as características produtivas do capim-braquiária (Brachiaria decumbens), coletado em cilindros com plantas + solo em uma pastagem em degradação em área de Neossolo ...
Edna Maria Bonfim-Silva +1 more
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Hormonal regulation of the growth of leaves and inflorescence stalk in Muscari armeniacum Leichtl.
Acta Agrobotanica, 2016 It is known that chilling of Muscari bulbs is necessary for the growth of the inflorescence stalk and flowering, but not for the growth of leaves. Gibberellic acid (GA) accelerated stem growth and flowering in chilled Muscari bulbs.
Marian Saniewski +3 more
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