Sentence examples for increased leaf elongation from inspiring English sources

This may have been due to reduced allocation of resources into storage in flooded plants, as under flooded conditions resources are, among others, allocated to morphological responses such as adventitious roots and increased leaf elongation (Huber et al. 2009; Chen et al. 2011).

Compared to no NaCl treatment, 200 mM NaCl significantly reduced leaf water potential, leaf water content, leaf elongation rate, leaf photosynthetic rate and plant relative growth rate and increased leaf malondialdehyde (MDA) content, but the parameters showed only slight reduction at 150 mM NaCl.

The hairy-leaf trait increased leaf surface temperature and WUEp by restricting leaf transpiration.

Increased leaf thickness or reduced specific leaf area reflects a decreased cell expansion under drought stress.

Across plant species, earthworms increased leaf total N and secondary metabolites, AMF decreased leaf thickness.

Reaction of the plats to avoid such damage caused by impeded gas exchange includes an increase of leaf elongation, stopping photosynthesis, and leaf senescence.

All measured traits were monotonic increasing or decreasing with increasing heat level, except the leaf elongation rate, which showed a maximum at 32°C.

Increased lignification has been observed in the leaf elongation zone of drought-stressed maize leaves (Vincent et al. 2005) and increased cell wall peroxidase activity has been implicated in the cessation of leaf growth under drought in darnel (Bacon et al. 1997).