Sentence examples for for leaf size from inspiring English sources

Several rice mutants for leaf size and shape have been identified and some corresponding genes have been cloned.

Although a number of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for leaf size and shape have been detected on 12 chromosomes with different populations of rice, few of them were cloned.

Likewise, petunia has been bred and selected for floral phenotypes while tobacco has been bred for leaf size.

The hand serves as a visual reference for leaf size, which is also given in both metric and English units (Table  1: Best Practice 5).

The normalized data (e.g., for leaf size) were consistent when the leaves were pre-selected for developmental age and healthy functions (e.g., stomatal conductance and photosynthesis).

The positive regulation of cell expansion is also important for leaf size and involves ARGOS-LIKE (ARL), a gene related to ARGOS [ 105].

The mean total leaf area of the drought stressed trees (WA35, 3.25 m2) was significantly reduced by 60% compared with WA100 trees (8.03 m2), and by 42% for WA70 trees (4.65 m2). Figure 9 Mean values and standard deviation of leaf size for the different treatments in relation to relative soil water availability A) individual leaf area, B) total leaf area, measured at the harvest on 8 November 2011.

As for the uniformity of leaf size among the tallest trees, Sperry notes that such trees grow in the mildest environments and that similar conditions may lead to similar leaf sizes for other reasons.

Leaf mass is easy to measure, is collected already at the start of the experiment and was found to be an accurate estimate of leaf size for normalizing the data.

Three T1 transgenic lines were selected and sprayed with 30 µM dexamethazone (the GVG inducer) for 10 days and the resulting plant architecture was compared with sprayed wild-type and H2O-sprayed transgenic plants; three mature leaves of each seedling were selected for the measurement of leaf size.

A number of genes known to affect meristomatic pattern formation (e.g. AS1 and WUS, KNOX and CLV, see [ 1] for a review of leaf development), the rate of leaf primordia initiation [ 2] and that contribute to the determination of leaf length (ROT3 [ 3], LNG [ 4]) and width (AN [ 5]) have now been identified: less is known about the determination of leaf size currently.