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The endodermis surrounding the vascular cylinder of the corm effectively blocked outward diffusion of the solutes.
The lower part of the corm produces numerous roots and several cormels which arise from its axillary buds.
The total number of primary adventitious roots per plant was closely correlated with corm dry weight.
The weevil's eggs are deposited inside the banana tissue and once hatched, they tunnel through the corm for feeding and growth.
These two parts should snap apart easily by hand and leave a clean scar on the new corm.
The corms of these selected plants were sectioned and the diameter of the corm and central cylinder determined.
They are rhizome-like in stalk appearance but actually develop from an underground corm, taking 10 to 15 months before flowering.
Removal of buds in cutting reduced inflorescence number and corm and cormlet yield.
In order to propagate, lift the corms and gently pull away the cormlets then replant the mature corm.
You apply the neem solution directly onto the corm just before planting the suckers.
The banana is a herbaceous perennial that grows from an underground corm.
Each cormel can be pulled from the corm and planted to create a new plant.
As the plant grew, the end of the old corm died progressively from the bottom, and new secondary corms or cormels grew from one or more lateral buds.
The terrestrial species tend to grow in seasonally wet habitats, and the plants die back to the corm when the soil dries.
They do not damage the plant, but, the female weevil lays eggs in the corm and stem.
Use a sharp knife to remove the roots and outer corm layers to a depth of one-third of a centimetre.
The spherical corm is fleshy, with a diameter of 2 to 3 cm, and is covered with brown-grey reticulate membranes.
Female banana weevils lay their eggs mostly in the corm and the pseudostem, but also in the first few inches of a newly cut stem.
Erythronium dens-canis is the true dog's tooth violet, the name comes from the shape of the corm, and has rose coloured flowers on 10 cm stems and purple marked leaves.
I don't see how that many can be packed away in a single corm.
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Examples from Classical Literature
It has acrid properties, but its corm yields a starch which is known by the name of Portland sago or arrowroot.
They tend to rise out of the ground, because the new bulb or corm forms on the top of the old one.
When a corm commences to grow, the reserve material within it is used up for the benefit of the flowers and leaves.
Then cut off each stalk about two inches from its junction with the corm.
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