Sentence examples for competition for nutrients between from inspiring English sources

This does not necessarily preclude significant variation among individual seeds; in peas, for example, the seeds occupying the central region of the pod are the largest, probably as the result of competition for nutrients between developing ovules on the placenta.

Competition for nutrients between vegetative and reproductive structures cannot be the primary cause of death, for, in species such as hemp, the male plants which do not produce seeds die earlier than the females under short-day (long-night) conditions.

T cells and cancer cells inexorably share metabolic programs and preferences, and thus there is high competition for nutrients between cancer and T cells within the tumor microenvironment.

It has also been reported that the competition for nutrients between yeast and bacteria is a major reason for the loss of ethanol and viability in contaminated industrial ethanol production (Bayrock and Ingledew 2004).

Plant uptake of nutrients occur in the rhizosphere which is the soil portion physically and chemically modified by the release of root exudates, and where potential competition for nutrients between plants and microorganisms takes place.

For many species, intraspecific competition for nutrients between immature mosquitoes in the larval habitat is believed to be an important component of density dependence.

It is possible that, in maturing pine plantations in South Africa, competition for nutrients and water between the planted trees and under-canopy vegetation is occurring at different horizons in the stand and therefore, despite high levels of under-canopy vegetation, tree growth is not affected.

The proximity can, however, be disadvantageous as it intensifies the competition for nutrients and other resources between the bacteria [ 2, 4].

Several proposals to explain this activity are the production of bacteriocins, competitive exclusion of the pathogen binding, competition for nutrients, or modulation of the immune system [ 51].

In addition to the inhibiting effects of neuraminidase A and hydrogen peroxide already described, competitive interactions between bacteria may also include the secretion of small peptide inhibitors, competition for nutrients, and competition for receptor binding sites.

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 23 24 Biological vulnerability for adverse outcomes among younger mothers may also persist through physical immaturity 16 19 and exacerbation of the effect of chronic malnutrition by competition for scarce nutrients between the mother and fetus.