dormant stage

collocation in English

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dormant
adjective
uk
/ˈdɔː.mənt/us
/ˈdɔːr.mənt/
Something that is dormant is not active or growing but has the ability to be active at a ...
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stage
noun[C]
uk
/steɪdʒ/us
/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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This is unfortunate since the oocyst is basically adormantstage, and the activities of many enzymes of interest would be expected to be low.
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Seeds buried in deeper layers can survive in adormantstagefor several years.
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Adults remain inside their cocoons in adormantstagethroughout the wintering period.
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Alternatively, it may have arrived as an egg or as an encysteddormantstageof a polyp.
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The eggs remain in adormantstageuntil rains stimulate hatching.
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Thedormantstageof nosema is a long-lived spore which is resistant to temperature extremes and dehydration.
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Along with the ripening of the grapes in colder months, the leaves eventually fall off as the plant enters thedormantstage.
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The lack of moisture discourages the development of the seeds and promotes prolongeddormantstage.
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The tree undergoes nodormantstageas a seed, but rather progresses to a live plant before leaving its parent tree.
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These dormant stages could be subject to natural mortality but were free of insecticidal effects.
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Taeniidae parasites are distinguished by their terrestrial life cycles, which include adormantstagecalled a metacestode.
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However, there seems to be no essential limit on the waiting period, at least not for microbial organisms, as bacterial spores do not expend energy during their dormant stages.
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Tardigrades, some rotifers and some copepods are able to withstand desiccation as adult dormant stages.
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