Sentence examples for a tuber from inspiring English sources

In addition to stolons, practically any axillary bud on stems or stem cuttings can form a tuber, provided the plant has been induced to tuberize.

A patient — asked to lean against the windowsill while Dr. Gregor checked her damaged vertebrae — recognized it as a tuber.

The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) is a tuber and does not resemble the artichoke.

Correction 20 April 2018: This story originally referred to the sweet potato as a tuber, which is incorrect.

CELERY root, an eyesore of a tuber that bears no resemblance to celery stalks, appears to be having a moment.

Girasole actually means sunflower and the Jerusalem artichoke is a tuber derived from a plant belonging to the sunflower family.

To explore the potential of transgenic plants as alternative production facilities for palatinose, a chimeric sucrose isomerase gene from Erwinia rhapontici under control of a tuber-specific promoter was introduced into potato plants.

In all the constructs, the first gene in the pathway (CrtB) was put under the control of a tuber-specific Pat1 promoter, to avoid dwarfism caused by constitutive expression of phytoene synthase [14].

Deletion analysis identified a tuber-specific element located downstream from position −195.

This gene has been silenced in a tuber-specific fashion, resulting in accumulation of zeaxanthin [ 1].

β-carotene increased and zeaxanthin decreased accordingly in a tuber-specific fashion, while phytofluene, violaxanthin, neoxanthin, lutein and total carotenoids also showed increases.