plant material
collocation in Englishmeaningsofplantandmaterial
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plant
noun
uk/plɑːnt/us/plænt/
a living thing that grows in earth, in water, or on other plants, usually has a stem, leaves, roots, and flowers, and ...
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material
adjective
uk/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
relating to physical objects or money rather than emotions or the ...
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(Definition ofplantandmaterialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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One approach to the conservation of germplasm is storage ofplantmaterialat ultra-low temperature, a technique known as cryopreservation.
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It lives in trees, and eatsplantmaterial.
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We assume that the discarded fragments were parts of intestines filled withplantmaterial.
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Both the accumulation of standing deadplantmaterialand its decomposition are sharply seasonal processes.
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The result is manure which is poor in consistency and poorly mixed withplantmaterial.
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Such bacteria are not detected by visual assessment of plant cultures and are propagated together with theplantmaterial.
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In fact, compared to the efficiency (and self-sufficiency) of photosynthesis, much more energy is squandered when one animal consumes another or consumesplantmaterial.
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Rather, we found that rats mostly consumedplantmaterial(fruits).
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In mature vegetation stands, there is also a ground layer of bryophytes or litter, consisting of deadplantmaterial.
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When the land was not adequately covered withplantmaterialor debris, seed tubers could start to sprout long before use.
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Theplantmaterialwas either removed after crop mowing or was left on the field after mulching.
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However, due to the lack of healthyplantmaterial, farmers are responsible for spreading the diseases.
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Comparativeplantmaterialwas obtained of species whose use in the manufacture of the aforementioned items was indicated by ethnographic sources.
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The use of greenplantmaterialin bird nests to avoid ectoparasites.
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Following collection, samples were quickly returned to the laboratory and the aphids removed fromplantmaterialwith a fine paint brush.
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Theplantmaterialcollected in each trap was air-dried in the laboratory to remove excess moisture before storage.
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Calcium is probably an indicator of levels with slump sediment, whereas barium levels could be associated with humans concentratingplantmaterial.
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The next section describes propagation and rootstock development, and theplantmaterialused in extensively well-documented worldwide breeding programmes and their goals and successes.
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Holding for emergence requires provisioning of artificial diet or livingplantmaterialto sustain the hosts until parasitoid emergence, usually under temperature-controlled conditions.
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