vegetative


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of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous

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composed of vegetation or plants

relating to involuntary bodily functions

(of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes

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Figure 5 shows a comparative analysis of the twenty-two most abundant bacterial genera detected in the reproductive and vegetative stages of flooded rice.
It can be concluded that at flowering stage, the plant body is under natural stress and at that time level of tested polyphenols raises as compared to their level at a foliar stage when the plant is developing and acquiring its vegetative peak.
The extracts were characterized by a significant difference between the stages (P < 0.05), with the highest TPC contents being observed for the early vegetative and for the early and full flowering stages (100, 118 and 123 mg catechin eq./g extract, resp.).
(1) Scott survived the collision but suffered a traumatic brain injury and entered into what is known as a vegetative state: a condition in which a patient appears awake at times, sleeps in regular cycles, and retains some reflexes such as yawning or swallowing, but shows no signs of awareness and cannot interact with his environment in any meaningful way.
which results in vegetative growth from buds instead of flowers
Usually farmers do not take care of plants at dormancy stage which results in vegetative growth from buds instead of flowers or sometimes cause early flower growth which die due to cold weather conditions and compromise production.
The nutrient concentrations of vegetative parts therefore often decline sharply during the reproductive stage (Marschner, 2012), and 60 to 70% of the absorbed N, P, or K is accumulated in the fruits (Dumas, 1990), which account for 52 to 72% of the total plant dry biomass at this time (Peil and Galvez, 2005).
Others will live in what's considered a vegetative state, able to open their eyes and make sounds, but uncoupled from true consciousness.
The experiment was set in a completely randomized design with five treatments, which corresponded to the plant compartments: stems from vegetative branches, stems from flowering branches, leaves from vegetative branches, leaves from flowering branches and inflorescences, with 4 replicates, totaling 20 plots.
Therefore, most tiller recruitment occurs via vegetative reproduction from belowground axillary buds (i.e., the bud bank sensu Harper, 1977; Benson and Hartnett, 2006).
She had suffered grave injuries to her spine, while the stifling cut off oxygen supply to her brain during the assault, rendering her to a vegetative state for life.
TEHRAN (FNA)- Scientists found hidden signatures in the brains of people in a vegetative state, which point to networks that could support consciousness even when a patient appears to be unconscious and unresponsive.