Sentence examples for down leaf from inspiring English sources

Earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris), for example, which were instrumental in breaking down leaf litter and loosening the soil, might have been first introduced to the continent of North America by John Rolfe, Jamestown colonist and spouse of Pocahontas.

Precipitation of ochre seemed to inhibit colonisation by microbial decomposers and slow down leaf decay.

Most treehole insects feed on microorganisms, which break down leaf litter, but they also survive on dissolved organic carbon, sediment, and any other organic material within treeholes [ 17].

However, Dactylis glomerata overcompensated for RGR after defoliation mainly by slowing down leaf senescence and, to a lesser extent, by increasing LWR (Dobarro et al. 2012).

TcNPR3 knock down leaf tissues were dramatically more resistance to infection with Phytophthora capsici in a leaf bioassay, showing smaller lesion sizes and reduced pathogen replication.

It will put the nutrients into flower production and slow down leaf growth.

He details soil studies showing imidacloprid killing springtails, beetles and earthworms; robbing the soils of its necessary beneficial fauna, which in turn are important in breaking-down leaf litter, decomposing organic matter and recycling nutrients.

Over-expression of a miR394-resistant version of LCR under the 35S promoter (35S:m5LCresultslts in a curled-down leaf defect.

The gravestone stood slantwise, most of Aaron's side broken off and lying face down in leaf mulch.

Becky H. said she wove "a tapestry of sobriety: I notice things, positive things, and revel in them -- a raindrop sliding down a leaf, my baby's giggle, the cat's paws twitching in her sleep, the smell of the gardenia".

For a moment, through the mist, you almost see a brontosaur lift its head above the canopy, blink its big slow eye at you and chew down a leaf the size of a truck.