plant physiology

collocation in English

meaningsofplantandphysiology

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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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physiology
noun[U]
uk
/ˌfɪz.iˈɒl.ə.dʒi/us
/ˌfɪz.iˈɑː.lə.dʒi/
(the scientific study of) the way in which the bodies of living ...
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(Definition ofplantandphysiologyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Researchers, scientists and educators working in the field of seed science andplantphysiology, also biological, agricultural, horticultural and ecological sciences.
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Over onethird of the book (73 pp) covers some basic biological concepts, including sections onplantphysiology, agronomy and cellular and molecular biology.
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They shared wide-ranging interests inplantphysiology(and especially nitrogen metabolism), freshwater biology, and plant ecology.
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This may indicate that peptide transport plays a more central role in higherplantphysiologythan previously thought.
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It will be useful for educators' and students' collections of books on botany, agronomy andplantphysiology.
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However, coverage extends little beyond the realm of traditionalplantphysiology.
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Similarly, the fashion for glasshouses marked a new appreciation ofplantphysiology, chemistry, and geography.
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This difference could be due to environmental conditions influencing eitherplantphysiologyor insect behaviour, but this hypothesis should be investigated in further experiments.
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Indeed, another of the reviews on the back cover describes the book as a 'suitable choice as a generalplantphysiologytext'.
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Yet most department scientists had been trained in "purer" research disciplines like agricultural chemistry andplantphysiology.
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These reduce the reproductive cost and include plastic response in terms of plant architecture andplantphysiology.
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However, she was attracted toplantphysiology, and thus her life-long research has been on the comparative physiology and biochemistry of seed dormancy and germination.
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The use of natural abundance of nitrogen isotopes inplantphysiologyand ecology.
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Plants and microclimate: a quantitative approach to environmentalplantphysiology.
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Mathematical models inplantphysiology.
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Physicochemical and environmentalplantphysiology.
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Physiochemical and environmentalplantphysiology.
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He is recognised as perhaps the highest authority in that country onplantphysiologyand on the herbicide and defoliant campaign.
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