Sentence examples for biotic plant from inspiring English sources

We investigated the relationship between abiotic (soil properties, management practices) and biotic (plant functional group composition, vegetation characteristics, soil fauna abundance) predictors and feeding activity of soil fauna after accounting for sample year and study region.

It is widely known that environmental parameters such as abiotic (soil type, soil temperature, soil pH, water potential, and such like) and biotic (plant species and variety, microbial activity of the soil) factors as well as other factors such as method and timing of applications may have influence on the biological control efficacy.

By preying on insects that they discovered on plant foliage while they were foraging, the workers of ground-nesting species probably constituted the first cases of biotic plant protection.

This special issue consists of six papers related to abiotic and biotic plant stress.

Over the last decade, studies have revealed the ability of Si to mitigate various biotic (plant diseases and pests) and abiotic stresses (heavy metals, drought, and salinity) in crop plants [ 20].

Silicon (Si) is important in mitigating abiotic and biotic plant stresses, yet many agricultural soils, such as those of the rainfed production areas of the South African sugar industry, are deficient in plant-available Si, making Si supplementation necessary.

Adjacency effects have been amply observed for biotic (plants and animals) and abiotic components of ecosystems.

Like in other studies [ 32], one day after infestation with B. xylophilus the plants triggered the expression of genes related to oxidative stress, abiotic or biotic stimulus, plant stress, transcription factors, transport, and secondary metabolites production (Table 3).

Besides biotic stresses, plant lectins may also play roles in abiotic stresses [ 50].

These 32 libraries represent a wide range of tissues/organs as well as abiotic, biotic and plant growth regulator treatments.

GSTs have been found to be differentially regulated by a variety of stimuli, including abiotic and biotic stresses, plant hormones such as auxins, cytokinins and ABA, heavy metals, GSH and hydrogen peroxide [ 12- 15].