Sentence examples for stem twisting from inspiring English sources

It was previously assumed that the reduction in plant height of sub mutants was at least in part due to stem twisting.

The ER transgene, however, failed to rescue other characteristics of sub-1 mutants, such as defective flower and silique morphology, ovule development and stem twisting.

AN is likely to mediate only some aspects of SUB signaling as there is a difference in the strength between for example the ovule phenotypes of sub and doq-1 mutants and stem twisting is nearly absent in doq-1 or an-2.

When he returned, he'd taken off his coat and was carrying two glasses of white wine, the glass faintly green, stems twisted like barley sugar.

Simply hold the apple by the stem, either twist the apple around until the stem comes off, don't twist and give the stem a hard pull, or slice out the stem with a craft knife.

Thereby, the stem was twisted and hull plates on the starboard side were buckled without impairing the hull's integrity.

Interestingly, Darwin (1875) observed in kidney beans that the stem's axial twisting increased with support roughness, thus suggesting that twisted stems might be more rigid and that it could be advantageous to deal with rugged supports.

Leaves and stems twist around the features, usually originating from the mouth.

He wrapped it in the twisting stem of two poppies made of pink and green tourmaline (pictured).Eleven years after his only public show so far, at London's Somerset House, Mr Rosenthal is about to become better known.

Deficiency effects are photosynthesis inhibition, twisting, stem bending, distortion of young leaves, pendulousness of lateral branches, and sterile pollen production [ 26].

Another picturesque plant is Polyscias fruticosa, the Ming aralia, with willowy, twisting stems densely clothed toward their tops with fernlike, lacy foliage.