reproductive phase

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reproductive
adjective
uk
/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.tɪv/us
/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.t̬ɪv/
relating to the process ...
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phase
noun[C]
uk
/feɪz/us
/feɪz/
any stage in a series of events or in a process ...
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This study showed that, on average, approximately three fruiting sites were lost early in the crop'sreproductivephaseand four fruiting sites towards the end.
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The duration of thereproductivephase(-owering to maturity) was about 21 d in all sowing date and density combinations.
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This might be due to their ability to produce more phyllochrons before entering thereproductivephasecompared to older seedlings.
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From growth records it was observed that a definite relationship appeared to exist between egg deposition on maize and certain conditions in thereproductivephaseof this plant.
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This coincidence of insect-plant behaviour is being investigated at the present time with regard to certain chemical changes in the plant which are associated with thereproductivephase.
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In all instances the growth condition of a crop under survey is recorded weekly, thereproductivephaseof the plants being of particular importance as referred to later.
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The course of oviposition on these plants is shown in fig. 7, where the graph for oviposition is plotted over data on thereproductivephaseof development of the plants.
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The ontogeny of a crop can be divided conveniently into the vegetative phase, from sowing to -owering, and thereproductivephase, from -owering to maturity.
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In gametophyte tissues during thereproductivephaseof the plant life cycle, cell division planes may be established without the use of a preprophase band.
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Thereproductivephasebegins when a cohort of larvae pupate and all the adults in the colony activate their ovaries.
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The period in between thereproductivephaseand the founding phase of the next season is the intermediate phase.
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As the food supply runs out, the plasmodium stops feeding and begins itsreproductivephase.
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Thereproductivephaseof the colony begins when the first female reproductives (the gynes) emerge from their brood cells.
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When individuals can reproduce more than once, a longer survival in thereproductivephaseincreases the number of offspring, called "survival selection".
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The planulae live free-swimming for a while but eventually attach themselves to some solid surface, where they begin theirreproductivephaseof life.
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The reproductive phases (flower, fruit and seed production) of all species were studied during 1996.
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Eggs hatch roughly two weeks into thereproductivephase, and then a few days later the foraging phase begins with emergence of new adults from the pupae.
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