leaf tissue

collocation in English

meaningsofleafandtissue

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leaf
noun[C]
uk
/liːf/
us
/liːf/
one of the flat, usually green parts of a plant that are joined at one end to the stem ...
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tissue
noun
uk
/ˈtɪʃ.uː/
us
/ˈtɪʃ.uː/
a group of connected cells in an animal or plant that are similar to each other, have the same purpose, and form the stated part of the animal ...
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(Definition ofleafandtissuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Under shade, leaves of many species are thinner in order to capture more light with decreased investment inleaftissue.
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However, few growers were employing soil orleaftissueanalysis frequently (£10%), although 60% and 51%, respectively, used these analyses sometimes.
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Nutrient and carbon concentration ofleaftissue, soil, and soil porewater were characterised over a successive sequence of plant communities along the gradient.
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We only sampled surroundingleaftissuefrom galled leaves and excluded the gall chamber.
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A separate investigation found no evidence of phytotoxicity andleaftissuenitrogen for lettuce was significantly lower29.
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This increase in nutrients was reflected in theleaftissueanalysis and increased biomass that indicated an improvement in crop health due to solarization.
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Stapleton et al.7 also included plant tissue analysis but there were no consistent differences inleaftissuenutrient concentrations among treatments.
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For those individuals that were past anthesis, we identified the style morph, where possible, and location, and collectedleaftissuein case these individuals had already sired seeds.
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Factors such as herbivore population densities or behaviours, which are extrinsic toleaftissuequality, could also be important in determining whether herbivory rates differ between sunny and shaded habitats.
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The mine is linear and situated in either the upper or lower mesophyll layer of theleaftissue, often near the midrib.
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All ferns in the hymenophylloid clade are filmy ferns, withleaftissuetypically 2 cells thick.
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Because theleaftissueof the roof of the mine is incompletely eaten away, this upper surface has a mottled appearance.
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At the end it occupies the entire width of the leaf and allleaftissueis eaten away.
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Imidacloprid also exhibits excellent translaminar movement in plants and can penetrate the leaf cuticle and move readily intoleaftissue.
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The sori are borne submarginally, and are covered by reflexed flaps ofleaftissuewhich resemble indusia.
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Older larvae feed freely on the underside of the leaves, eating small irregular patches ofleaftissue.
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They mine the leaves of their host plant, that is, they live in and eat theleaftissueof plants.
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The round sori are located on the margins of theleaftissue, hence the common name.
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Emerging beetles in the spring transmit the bacteria into cornleaftissuethrough feeding.
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