Sentence examples for leaves increase from inspiring English sources

As the leaves increase in size, they are naturally exposed to increasingly dry air as a consequence of the spatial arrangement of the leaves, and this triggers the acquisition of ABA sensitivity.

In fertile habitats, a high nutrient uptake capacity per unit of root biomass and a high growth rate and biomass allocation to leaves increase the capability to compete for light and reduce the need for a high root biomass.

This approach was chosen because it was already known from northern analyses of ppcA transcript levels in different Flaveria species that ppcA RNA amounts in leaves increase gradually from C3 to C4 species [ 28].

As seedlings grow, their levels of defensive chemicals in leaves increase, and this increase is correlated with a reduction in damage caused by slugs (Fritz et al., 2001; Orians et al., 2010).

C4 species have since radiated to represent the most productive crops and native vegetation on the planet because modifications to their leaves increase the efficiency of photosynthesis in the sub-tropics and tropics (Edwards et al., 2010).

Starch tests also show that the starch content of L. lancifolium leaves increase at the early cold treatment, and fell during subsequent cold stress as it is degraded into soluble sugar, which account for that a subset of starch metabolism enzyme genes display a highly specific up-regulation response to cold stress [ 69].

Removing the leaves increases the amount of oxygen in the water; crab larvae need high levels of oxygen in order to breathe.

The DMD, OMD, CPD and IVDMD increased as the proportion of Sesbania leaves increased.

Canopy LAI and photosynthetic capacity of canopy tree leaves increased rapidly with leaf expansion.

All leaves increased gradually in length over 6 weeks of measurement.

There are, however, anecdotal reports among animal breeders of khat leaves increasing animal fertility.