(n.) A continuation of the petiole, extending from the base to the apex of the lamina of a leaf.
Example Sentences:
(1) Extent of digestion of the hemicellulosic monosaccharides, xylose, and uronic acids was higher in situ for brown midrib silages compared with normal genotypes.
(2) The promoter for chloroplast GS2 directs GUS expression within photosynthetic cell types (e.g., palisade parenchymal cells of the leaf blade, chlorenchymal cells of the midrib and stem, and photosynthetic cells of tobacco cotyledons).
(3) Disappearance of p-coumaric acid was higher in steers consuming normal genotypes than in those consuming brown midribs.
(4) p-Coumaric acid disappearance was higher in heifers consuming normal genotypes than in those on brown midrib mutants.
(5) Vanillin was lower, whereas para-coumaric acid was higher, in normal genotypes than in brown midrib mutants.
(6) Digestion kinetics for in situ studies showed no difference in rate constants between normal and brown midrib sorghums, but extent of digestion at 72 h was significantly higher for brown midrib mutants than for normal genotypes, suggesting that lignin has no effect on digestion rate but does result in a decreased extent of digestion.
(7) Total tract hemicellulose digestibility (estimated by summing fractional digestibilities of hemicellulosic monosaccharides) was higher in brown midrib mutants than in normal genotypes.
(8) Arabinose, xylose, and uronic acids were more digestible in brown midrib genotypes than in normal genotypes.
(9) Total tract galactose digestibility was higher in brown midrib genotypes than in normal genotypes.
(10) Brown midrib genotypes had lower NDF, acid detergent lignin, and hemicellulose concentrations than did normal genotypes.
(11) Diets were normal and brown midrib genotypes of Redlan x Greenleaf and Redlan x Piper varieties of ensiled first-cutting sorghum-sudangrass harvested at early head stage of maturity.
(12) Diets included two sorghum X sudangrass varieties, Redlan X Greenleaf and Redlan X Piper, and their corresponding brown midrib mutants.
(13) Relative expression ratios in leaf, root, midrib, callus, and stem tissue of tobacco plants are 1:5:4:10:17.
(14) The objectives of this experiment were to determine fluid and particulate rate of passage from the rumen and extent of digestion at various sites along the gastrointestinal tract in sheep fed normal and brown midrib sorghum X sudangrass hybrids.
(15) There was no significant difference between brown midrib and normal diets in the rate of in situ cell wall digestion or in digestion lag time.
(16) Spinal cord stimulation at the T2-T3 spinal level resulted in maximal inspired volume generation and electrical activation of the parasternal, external, and internal intercostal muscles of the upper and midrib cage regions as determined by electromyograms.
(17) However, brown midrib diets had greater extent of digestion and greater apparent digestibility than normal diets.
(18) Brown midrib genotypes had higher hemicellulosic monosaccharides, galactose, and uronic acids than did normal genotypes.
(19) Differences in alkali-soluble phenolic compound and cell wall monosaccharide profiles between normal and brown midrib genotypes may help explain digestibility differences between the two genotypes.
(20) Acid detergent fiber and acid detergent lignin concentrations tended to be lower for brown midrib mutants than for normal genotypes of the same variety.
Petal
Definition:
(n.) One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See Corolla, and Illust. of Flower.
(n.) One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.
Example Sentences:
(1) Primin itself was obtained from Primula elatior and from the petals (corollas) of Primula obconica.
(2) Osmotic gradient across the membrane of nonsonicated liposomes and rose petal protoplasts are shown to induce swelling.
(3) The prosthesis is fixed by the interaction of magnetic pondermotive forces between two soft petals of a magnetoelastomer.
(4) In agamous-1, stamens to petals; in apetala2-1, sepals to leaves and petals to staminoid petals; in apetala3-1, petals to sepals and stamens to carpels; in pistillata-1, petals to sepals.
(5) They gradually displayed active membrane pseudopodia, thorn-like processes and petal-like ruffles after 2 h to 4 h of cultivation.
(6) The method was used to analyze the free amino acid pool in carnation petals.
(7) The highest glucosyltransferase activity was found in petals of opening flowers of young plants.
(8) When a variety of shotguns were tested, it was found that one weapon with a very short barrel and cylinder bore did not exhibit petal spread until a range of 30 cm was reached.
(9) Two petal mRNA classes were identified that are present at elevated levels relative to other organs.
(10) This study explores the extent of mild to significant malnutrition in the squatter settlement of Kampung Baiduri located adjacent to an industrial area in Petaling Jaya.
(11) 3R-[2-(14)C]Mevalonate was incorporated into geranyl and neryl beta-d-glucosides in petals of Rosa dilecta in up to 10.6% yield, and the terpenoid part was specifically and equivalently labelled in the moieties derived from isopentenyl pyrophosphate and 3,3-dimethylallyl pyrophosphate.
(12) In the case of the Kalanchoe rhythm, mainly the process of the petal opening is affected.
(13) In the electron microscope these complexes appear as a rosette of petals.
(14) Shotcup petal abrasions centered around a shotgun wound of entrance are generally thought to occur at a range of 30 to 90 cm.
(15) Yuri's gaze turns back to the sky, peppered now with dry fallen leaves (a premonition, perhaps, of the petals cast before the viceroy in A Passage to India).
(16) Each molecule appeared to be composed of two kinds of particles, with one larger central particle and smaller peripheral particles and had shapes resembling that of a flower with 8 or 10 "petals".
(17) But I hear it constantly from some of the precious petals, can I say, some of the precious petals in the science fraternity, and if you can’t guess, I won’t accept it.” Australia had a dedicated science portfolio in cabinet since the 1930s until Abbott’s decision to fold the role into Macfarlane’s purview.
(18) In the families of flowering plants in which these organs occur, they are patterned with the sepals in the outermost whorl or whorls of the flower, with the petals next closest to the center, the stamens even closer to the center, and the carpels central.
(19) The programmed senescence of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) petals requires active gene expression and is associated with the expression of several senescence-related mRNAs.
(20) In petunia, the gene Po regulates the expression of CHI in anthers: PoPo petunia lines contain CHI enzyme activity in petals and anthers, whereas popo lines contain the CHI enzyme only in petals but not in anthers.