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inflorescence

a specialized branching stem bearing flowers; for example, a male CATKIN. Each individual flower may be small and insignificant but collectively they can sometimes produce a large, showy structure such as is found in the lupin.
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Sampling was performed by means of the collection of inflorescences in 30 randomly selected plants.
New records of thrips species on mango and natural enemies associated/ Novos registros de especies de tripes em mangueira e inimigos naturais asociados
We hypothesized that species richness, abundance, and diversity of Coleoptera in inflorescences of cultivated species would be lower than in inflorescences of naturally occurring species.
Interaction and distribution of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) associated with Heliconia bihai (Heliconiaceae) inflorescences
In Poaceae, the species with reduced inflorescences often present an important development of floriferous shoots.
Trophotagma Enrichment Axes in Poaceae
Caption: FIGURE 8: Number of inflorescences (spikes) per branch per node.
Phenetic Analysis of Cultivated Black Pepper (Piper nigrum L.) in Malaysia
The ESTs used in this study were produced with 67 cDNA libraries prepared using inflorescences (spike at flowering or before flowering, anther, pistil, ovary, palea, and lemma), roots, stems, leaves (including seedlings and crown tissues), and seeds (matured or immature embryos) from normally grown seedlings or plants and represented 434,658 cloning events (Table S1).
Identification of Wheat Inflorescence Development-Related Genes Using a Comparative Transcriptomics Approach
In addition, farms in Australia and Costa Rica are cultivating the species and selling its inflorescences as cut flowers [27].
The Utilization of Sikala (Etlingera elatior) As Traditional Medicine in Porehu District, North Kolaka Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia
In most other Pitcairnia species the longer (> 20 cm) inflorescences lie above the leaves (Smith & Downs, 1974), while the short (ca.
Alta capacidad de autofecundacion y baja visitacion de polinizadores en la epifita polinizada por colibries Pitcairnia heterophylla (Bromeliaceae) en un bosque montano en Costa Rica
We enclosed a haphazardly-selected inflorescence on each plant before flowers opened using mesh bagging.
The reproductive ecology of diploid and tetraploid galax urceolata
The vase life of the inflorescences ranged from three to five days, totaling a difference of approximately 26% between control and the worst treatment (48h).
Vase life and rehydration capacity of dry-stored gladiolus flowers at low temperature/Vida de vaso e capacidade de reidratacao de flores de gladiolo armazenadas a seco em baixa temperatura
* Taller inflorescences or higher angles exhibited by plants placed next to the canopy compared with control plants.
Escape al sombreado de inflorescencias de Arabidopsis thaliana inducido por fitocromo B
In its leaf sheath shape, the convex inflorescences, and the petal color, R.
Novedades en Rapatea (Rapateaceae) para Colombia
In nearly all cases (except inflorescences produced per plant in the down treatment in 2004-05 and the average number of fruits produced per inflorescence in the 2006-07), reproductive output as measured by inflorescence characteristics and fruit production was lower in the year following the initial planting season (2004-05 versus 2003-04 and also in 2006-07 versus the 2005-06 season).
Significance of bulb polarity in survival of transplanted mitigation bulbs

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