Sentence examples for mass per leaf from inspiring English sources

The dry mass per leaf blade was significantly higher for flowering than for vegetative GUs.

The dry mass of all GU leaf blades had a very significant effect on the dry mass per leaf blade (Table  5).

In the case of dry mass per leaf blade, the dry mass of all leaf blades per GU was included as a covariable due to its possible relationship with the size of individual leaves.

Using the data obtained for all sub-sample GUs per plant, vegetative and flowering GUs were compared regarding: dry mass of stem, dry mass of leaf blades, dry mass of stem and leaf blades, dry mass in leaf blades relative to the dry mass in stem and leaves of the GU, and dry mass per leaf blade.

Since leaf mass per unit leaf area (MA) is closely related to long-term light interception by leaves, the latter can be estimated by measuring MA .

Leaf mass per unit leaf area (LMA, mg cm-2) was calculated by the ratio of DM and LA (Reich et al. 1992).

We harvested some of our treated cucumber leaves throughout the experiment for measurements of leaf mass per unit leaf area (LMA) and of nutritional content.

First, we produced a semi-empirical model for the vertical integration of leaf dry mass per unit leaf area.

Then we measured the mass of each dried leaf to estimate the LMA on a per leaf basis (n = 60 leaves).

Dry mass per unit leaf area could then be calculated for each leaf.

We found that the two treatments did not differ with respect to mean (± 1 se) mass per unit leaf area mg cm-2 (Elow 1.14 ± 0.04, Ehigh 1.11 ± 0.04, t = −0.54, d.f. = 58, P = 0.56).