Sentence examples for a source of biotic from inspiring English sources
The donor species O. glaberrima has attracted attention as a source of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance genes: i.e. genes for bacterial leaf blight, cyst nematode, iron toxicity, drought and weed competitiveness (Sano et al. 1984; Jones et al. 1997; Lorieux et al. 2003; Haefele et al. 2004; Singh et al. 2004; Sarla and Swamy 2005; Majerus et al. 2007; Vikal et al. 2007).
Both partners in these systems suffer direct effects from abiotic stressors such as extreme temperature, but each also serves as a source of biotic stress for the other.
The molecular basis of response to stress in plants has been intensively studied (see review by Ahuja et al. 2010); however, insect herbivores commonly are treated as a source of biotic stress for plants rather than active participants in the interaction (Bilgin et al. 2010).
Oryza species which include the Australian Oryza have been a source of both biotic and abiotic resistance genes (Brar and Khush 1997).
O. rufipogon has been used as a source of both biotic, tungro resistance, and abiotic, acid sulfate soil, and aluminum tolerance, stress-response genes (Brar and Khush 1997; Nguyen et al. 2003; Ram et al. 2007).
VitisExpDB was developed to curate and permit easy access to all the available grape EST sources and integrate with the microarray data, especially data from custom arrays from non- vinifera varieties and species, which are a known source of biotic and abiotic stress resistance germplasm.
Recent studies of disease and drought resistance suggest that populations from the cooler, drier upland region of its natural range may be a source of novel abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, but studies of potted plants also indicate their growth is slower.
Solanum commersonii is a wild potato species that exhibits high tolerance to both biotic and abiotic stresses and has been used as a source of genes for introgression into cultivated potato.
In recent years, aus germplasm has grown in importance as a source of genes for rice improvement, especially in the context of breeding for resistance/tolerance to abiotic and biotic stress (Travis et al. 2015 and references therein).
