Sentence examples for before submergence from inspiring English sources
The sensitive and tolerant genotypes had similarly high leaf chlorophyll concentrations before submergence but, when submerged, the tolerant genotypes maintained more chlorophyll than the intolerant genotypes.
The superiority of FR13A is linked with higher carbohydrate stored in stems before submergence and slower leaf elongation when submerged; but also to higher percentage survival and faster recovery afterwards.
a Phenotypes of 14-day-old plants before submergence treatment.
NSC contents decreased due to submergence was determined following the formulae as reduction % = {(NSC before submergence – NSC at the end of submergence) / (NSC before submergence)*100}.
The water density, ρ w, is clear and the samples' mass, M f, is measured before submergence.
Survival percentage was calculated as {(numbers of survive hills at 15 days of re-emergence) / (the numbers of hills before submergence)*100}.
Length of the longest root (cm) was measured with a metre stick before and after submergence and root elongation was expressed as a percentage of the pre-submergence values.
The findings point towards Pacific atolls becoming increasingly uninhabitable long before their complete submergence by sea-level rise, owing to irrecoverable groundwater salinisation seriously reducing the availability of freshwater.
