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Leaf
This article is about the leaf, a plant organ. See Leaf (disambiguation) for other meanings.
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Leaf Veins
Not only must the cells of the palisade and spongy layers be close to their air supply
to secure CO2 and
release O2
(and the reverse in the dark) ...
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leaf
The main site of photosynthesis in a plant; consists of a flattened blade and a stalk (petiole) that joins the leaf to the stem.
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leaf veins Vascular tissue in leaves, arranged in a net-like network (reticulate vennation) in dicots, and running parallel (parallel vennation) to each other in monocots.
leaves The site of photosynthesis; one of the three major organs in plants.
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Leaf veins -- In monocots, there are usually a number of major leaf veins which run parallel the length of the leaf; in dicots, there are usually numerous auxillary veins which reticulate between the major ones.
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leaf scars A scar left on a stem or twig when the leaf abscises.
leaf sheath The lower part of a blade or petiole that invests the stem more or less completely.
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Leaf Structure of C3 and C4 Plants
The leaves of C4 plants are structured differently than those of C3 plants.
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leaf
A thin organ arising from the node on the stem of a plant. The main site of phtosynthesis.
Covered in:
Lab 7 Thalloid and Vascular Plants
Lab 10 The Leaf and Photosyntesis ...
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C4 Leaf Anatomy
The C4 plants possess a characteristic leaf anatomy. Their vascular bundles are surrounded by two rings of cells.
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rue leaf. Any leaf produced after the seed leaves (cotyledons).
rugose. A rough appearance of leaves in which veins are sunken and interveinal tissue raised, caused by certain virus infections.
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1995: Leaf and Canopy Responses to Elevated CO2 in a Pine Forest Under Free-Air CO2 Enrichment by D.S. Ellsworth, R. Oren, C. Huang, N. Phillips, and G.R. Hendrey, Oecologia 104:139. (BNL) ...
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The fossil leaf they extracted the DNA was from a compression fossil formed when the leaf sank to the bottom of a lake. The conditions were very anoxic (lacking in oxygen) and as a result the fossil was in very good condition.
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Growthform: the overall morphology of a plant species, including its stature, leaf type, and habit.
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The eggs are laid on the leaf. They will crawl around on the leaves and eat on the leaves, and tunnel through the midrib of the leaves sometimes.
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In a normal binary search tree, when deleting a node with two non-leaf children, we find either the maximum element in its left subtree or the minimum element in its right subtree, and move its value into the node being deleted (as shown here).
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the angle formed by a leaf or petiole with the upward internode of a stem
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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Mesophyll the middle layer of a leaf
(meso = middle; phyll = leaf)
Mesopotamia the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers also known as Babylon Persia and now Iran/Iraq
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[L. de - prefix meaning down, away, off; L. lamina - plate, leaf, layer]. The process by which a cell layer splits into two separate layers.
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A process that reduces the yield of photosynthesis, because the active site of rubisco accepts O2 in place of CO2 and generates no ATP. This usually occurs on hot, dry days when stomata are closed and the O2 concentration in the leaf exceeds that of ...
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Educational Environments of the Future Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology The Impact of Electronic Publishing on the Academic Community A Leaf In Time Microbes Bugs and Wonder Drugs Teacher's Notes Biochemistry Across the School ...
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