Sentence examples for base of the shoot from inspiring English sources

Short sections of three of the thickest nodal (adventitious) roots were removed from each root system at the base of the shoot, placed in water and stored at 4 °C, before being used to assess root thickness under a Leitz stereo dissecting microscope.

Height was defined as length from the base of the shoot to the thickest part of the apical bud.

Subsequently, an obvious area of necrosis formed across the base of the shoot tip, just above the position of the uppermost axillary buds.

After a further 4 d growth the cap had formed a firm, but not restrictive, supporting collar around the base of the shoot.

The entire shoot tip soon turns yellow and abscises at the base of the shoot apex; this physiological phenomenon is called "self-pruning" in citrus.

Following measurement of internode lengths, the internodes (excluding the nodes) from the apical bud to the base of the shoot were excised into liquid nitrogen in the field and stored at -80°C.

The experiments also showed that strigolactone inhibits shoot branching, but its role is restricted to the base of the shoots.

The most dangerous pathogens of flax are: Fusarium oxysporum, which penetrates flax cell roots and spreads throughout the plant via the vascular system, leading to root rot and wilt of leaves, and Fusarium culmorum, which causes rot at the base of the shoots, resulting in progressive plant necrosis and in consequence plant death [ 9, 10].

Based on the shoot Na+ content of barley plants under salinity stress, it has been suggested that salt tolerance is highly associated with the ability to restrict Na+ accumulation in shoots (Jeschke [1984]).

Coogler, whose Sundance-winning drama Fruitvale Station was based on the shooting of a young black man by a white cop – and also starred Jordan – has reinvigorated the franchise through the frame of race.

If your potatoes do return the following year without invitation, it's best to earth them up (pile some more earth or manure around the base of the potato shoot) to prevent them being exposed to light.