The phrase "a general plant" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a type of plant that is not specific or is broadly categorized.
Example: "In our research, we focused on a general plant that could thrive in various environmental conditions."
Alternatives: "a common plant" or "a typical plant".
To explore if the root hair deformation is a typical legume response to compatible Rhizobium species, or a general plant response to rhizobacteria, we examined the root hair responses in a non-legume Arabidopsis thaliana.
The cavity is consistent with its putative role as a general plant steroid carrier (Marković-Housley et al., 2003).
It is not written with a general plant biologist in mind (i.e., someone who does not work on this system).
Malonylation of metabolites and xenobiotics is a general plant storage and detoxification reaction, and unspecific malonyltransferases have been previously characterized in Nicotiana tabacum [ 11].
The expression analysis of TLPs during biotic and abiotic stresses supports the idea that TLPs, like other PR proteins, belong to a general plant stress response pathway rather than being specific to distinct stresses, as often hypothesized [ 1].
To test whether this observed increase in HIPV production following exposure to the E. solidaginis emission represented a specific response from the co-evolved host plant species or a general plant response to the compounds in the fly emission, we also examined the influence of exposure to the E. solidaginis emission on volatile production in maize plants (Z. mays).
The reason for the maintenance of the ID-domain suggests a general, plant-specific function but, apart from for the role of maize ID1 in regulating the transition to flowering, the functions of all other IDD genes remain to be elucidated.
Recent image-processing solutions, such as TraitMill [ 11] and HTPheno [ 12], provide a more general plant analysis and measure information such as plant height, width, centre of gravity, projected area and bio-volume, and provide colorimetric analysis (e.g. greenness-differences between plants).
He and a friend nurtured and then, along with a Soviet general, planted an Oklahoma redbud tree.
The altered carbon metabolism could then cause a deficiency in general plant growth characteristics such as coleoptile length [ 23].
The data presented in this paper suggest that resistance to broomrape in M. truncatula could rely on both a battery of general plant defense responses against different stresses and some more specific responses.
