Sentence examples for vigor reduction from inspiring English sources

Following AMPT, rBN participants revealed an increased vigor reduction and CBF decreases in the pallidum and posterior midcingulate cortex (pMCC) relative to HC participants showing no CBF changes in these regions.

The opposite would be true for generalist herbivores that prefer feeding on S plants because inbreeding can directly compromise plant defense mechanisms and the general reduction in plant vigor associated with inbreeding may prolong vulnerable stages of development [ 35, 67, 69, 70].

Since computation of the CI, yet not of the cvi, includes the latency and thus reduces the CI in comparison to the cvi, it is plausible that the low CI towards immobile females [32] results from the prolonged latency rather than a reduction of the courtship vigor.

Similar to transgenic lines from potato, wheat and tomato [ 6, 10, 11], overexpression of MsSN1 did not appear to affect negatively the general phenotype in transgenic alfalfa plants, e.g. there was no reduction in the plant vigor in transgenic plants compared to wild type plants (Additional file 8).

This disease reduces fruit quality and yield, either by direct infection of berries or as a result of the reduction in photosynthesis and plant vigor caused by leaf infections [ 1].

One possibility is that the apparent reduction in life span and vigor previously reported for p53 null flies may have resulted from inbreeding depression in the homozygous mutant flies used in that study.

Commenting on the new Monsanto drought tolerant corn, the USDA [22] stated: "When grown in water-limited field and greenhouse conditions, MON 87460 corn exhibits classic drought sensitivity symptoms, including reductions in plant height, ear height, seedling vigor, and expected changes in plant height, chlorophyll content, and leaf roll" (USDA-APHIS, 2010 [23]).

Moreover, in all cultivars, there were marked reductions in number of root hairs and root vigor as well as induced root pale color at all exceeding levels of Cr compared with control.

Losing extra weight can provide a powerful energy boost, even small reductions in body fat can largely improve your mood, vigor, and quality of life.

Prior studies of Tai Chi have reported improvements in mood, decreased anxiety and enhancement of vigor [ 80- 83], and some studies have reported correlations between Tai Chi-induced reduction in fall anxiety and subsequent fall probability [ 84].

This relationship results from the reduction of inbreeding depression caused by the increment in heterosis and hybrid vigor (Ellstrand and Schierenbeck 2000; Elam et al. 2007; Radosevich et al. 2007).