Example sentences for: leaf

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  • Total plant DNA was isolated from fresh young leaves according to the method of de Kochko and Hamon [ 28 ] with some modifications [ 29 ] . At least 3 independent DNA preparations were made from leaf tissues collected from each plant.

  • Because the husks were morphologically fully expanded leaf sheaths surrounding the ear, it was surprising that they expressed the same genes, such as MADS-box genes that are associated with early stages of flower development.

  • Piper auritum leaf juice is applied topically to remove ticks and head lice in El Salvador and Ecuador respectively [ 92 ] . In Guatemala, Panama and Columbia the juice of crushed leaves of Piper species or the decoction of roots are drunk or used in baths for snakebites or rubbed onto the body as a snake repellent [ 63 95 139 ] . In Eastern Nicaragua and Jamaica Piper hispidum is used in remedies for colds, fever, stomach aches and for aches and pains [ 116 53 ] . In Trinidad, Puerto Rico and other Caribbean countries Piper amalgo leaf infusions are used as ritual baths or baths to perfume the body [ 52 16 ] .

  • A second group of genes was also expressed highly (> 4-fold) in leaf blades, especially adult leaf blades, and was about twofold lower in most other organs (Figure 2, node b).

  • A protest by gardeners over the city's imminent ban against gasoline-powered leaf blowers.


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