Sentence examples for leaves reduced from inspiring English sources

These resemble glumes in not covering a flower, and they are thought to be leaves reduced to very small sheaths.

In rice, a BR-deficient mutant displayed erect leaves, reduced plant height, and decreased tiller number and grain size (Yang et al. 2011).

Morphological analysis showed that transgenic plants had enhanced tolerance to salt stress, as indicated by improved physiological traits, including more green leaves, reduced H2O2 accumulation, strengthened cell membrane stability and higher SOD, POD, CAT and APX activities.

Tristerix aphyllus is a peculiar mistletoe endemic to the arid and semiarid regions of Chile that, unlike all other species of Loranthaceae, has leaves reduced to minute scales (Kuijt 1969, 1988; Fig. 1a).

In brief, when grown under standard light conditions, the four isolated ssadh homozygous mutants (ssadh-1 to ssadh-4) are dwarfs and present necrotic lesions and bleached spots on leaves, reduced leaf area, lower chlorophyll content, and fewer flowers compared to wild type plants.

The addition of leaves reduced the 2G MESP and was also beneficial for combined 1G + 2G ethanol production (see Table  3).

Stir in lime leaves, reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.

Even so, current plans for energy saving will not meet the 20% target on their own.That leaves reducing emissions from power generation, currently the biggest source of CO2.

So if reducing living standards is a political non-starter and repression is spurned as a way of controlling population growth, that leaves reducing the carbon-intensity of growth.

The presence of saponin in sunflower leaves reduces inflammation, as well.

H2 (permissive coca market hypothesis): a less restrictive market for coca leaves reduces corruption.