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With the exception of petiole length, pulvinus length and stipule length, the other leaf characteristics overlap between the two species.
Weights were then progressively added to the weighing boat which caused the petiole to bend, curving upwards.
Leaf length was measured from the tip of the terminal leaflet down to the base of the petiole at the site of attachment to the stem.
The downwardly curved petiole twists away from the wind, so its ventral surface points downwind.
The leaf petiole incurvates, the lamina swells, the central bud loses its structure and the central inflorescence does not form.
Despite this variation, the verrucose petiole character is adequate to separate P. brevispathum from P. muricatum.
Each leaf has many pinnae and a leaf axis that is subdivided into a midrib and a petiole.
The vaginate sheath of Ligularia is observed in the petiole of cauline leaves as well as in that of radical leaves.
It should be pointed out that by day 6 the leaf blade, the petiole and the stem cortex had lost a similar percentage of water.
The plant has the characteristic ochrea of the buckwheat family at the junction of the petiole and stem.
Fronds are, strictly speaking, elaborate compound leaves, attached to the stem by a petiole.
Plastid morphogenesis in trichome hair cells from the stem and petiole of tomato plants.
Petiole rot begins as an orange-brown or rust-colored lesion where the petiole touches the rim of the pot or where it contacts the soil.
Leaf, petiole, and internode lengths were measured with a ruler and petiole and internode diameters were measured with digital callipers.
Compare your petiole nitrate test results to the standard curves shown in Figure 4 for Russet Burbank or Figure 5 for Shepody.
Leaf tip: the tip of the leaf is located opposite the point where the petiole is attached.
The standard curves are for petiole nitrate concentration on a dry weight basis.
The length is defined as distance between the inclination at top of the cotyledon and the point where the width of the petiole is about 4 mm.
By tracking changes in petiole nitrate concentration over time you will get a more accurate picture of the nitrogen status of your crop.
If kept fresh, the petiole samples must be kept cool until delivered to obtain good test results.
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The excitatory movement will now be the erection of the petiole, against gravity.
The excitatory impulse now reached the end of the petiole, and caused six pairs of leaflets to fall.
We tried what result would ensue upon slitting the intumescence of the petiole horizontally.
Small tree with alternate, odd-pinnate leaves, the base of the petiole hollow, and inclosing the leaf-buds of the next year.
Some, however, have no petiole, but the blade is in direct contact with the stem.
They are usually on the petiole at the base of the leaf but are sometimes on the leaf itself.
Such a petiole is illustrated in fig. 79, with its V-shaped fernlike stele.
The top, as the tip of a bud or the end of a leaf which is opposite the petiole.
In the Tulip-tree, it is also inflexed, the blade bent forwards on the petiole.
The leaves are peltate, and in the bud are folded about the end of the petiole after the manner of an umbrella.
When attached to the base of the petiole, as in the Rose and in Clover, they are adnate.
It is also applied to the stalk or petiole of a carpel, in the rare cases when there is any, as in Goldthread.
The excitatory reaction of the upper half is by contraction, and the response is, therefore, the lifting of the petiole.
Principal petiole with one glandule at the base and often another higher up.
Mr. Lindsay attempted to elucidate the action of the intumescence in raising and depressing the petiole, in the following manner.
Leaves of solanum jasminoides, the petiole adapted for climbing.
The transmission in the petiole of Mimosa is a phenomenon of conduction.
In nymphaea micrantha buds appear at the upper part of the petiole.
The point of each cutting should contain a portion of the petiole.
Notice, too, that the leaves have a very short stem or petiole.
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