For example, plants inoculated with soil from four sources: (i) bare fallow soil, (ii) soil from under non-mycorrhizal plants, (iii) soil from under a monoculture and (iv) soil from under a 12 plant species polyculture, differed strongly in the diversity of colonizing AMF species (Johnson et al. 2004).
For example, plants are equipped with a capacity to optimize their fitness under low nutrient availability by shifting the partitioning of carbohydrates to processes associated with nutrient uptake at a cost of carbon acquisition [ 29].
Here are some examples, with example plants: Ingestion can cause gastrointestinal problems (bird of paradise, love-in-a-mist); handling for a long time can damage skin (chrysanthemum, asparagus); chewing makes the mouth and throat swell (jack-in-the-pulpit, Virginia creeper).
For example, plants should be able to self-propagate successfully with no additional inputs.
The outdoor courtyards and gardens continue the space sciences theme; the Moon Garden, for example, contains plants with astronomical names, all of which bloom at night.
For example, if plants with a genotype that tends to produce large plants also select nutrient- rich environments and plants with a genotype that tends to produce small plants also select nutrient- poor environments, the variance in height would be increased.
For example, transgenic plants with enhanced SOD activity exhibit increased tolerance to oxidative stress [ 22, 24, 25].
For example, Arabidopsis plants with silencing of GLB1 (class I nsHbs) exhibit increased cellular NO levels, resulting in modified development with stunted organs, loss of apical dominance and late flowering (Hebelstrup et al. 2006; Hebelstrup and Jensen 2008).
In addition to granules, many plants have large numbers of specialized cells, called parenchymatous cells, the principal function of which is the storage of starch; examples of plants with these cells include root vegetables and tubers.
