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Meaning of "abscission"
Abscission: (noun) The act of cutting off or removal, particularly used in botanical contexts to describe the shedding of leaves, flowers, or fruits by a plant
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- The act or process of cutting off.
- The state of being cut off.
- A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
- The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.
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Abscission of male flowers is also accelerated by ethylene.
Anatomical features of this abscission zone are described.
This mechanism to shed leaves is called abscission.
An example is abscission employing an automatic sewing device.
It was so named because it was originally thought to control abscission.
Another instance of abscission is the fruit drop.
Abscission of the hypanthium during development of a nectarine fruit.
Ethylene speeds up maturation and abscission of fruits.
Acceleration of abscission by factors in senescent leaves.
The scorch is followed by premature abscission of the leaves.
Easy cherry abscission at maturity to facilitate mechanical harvesting.
Cohort year had variable effects on needle abscission.
Products for causing abscission are prohibited.
Abscission of a nidus formed in a living tissue is usually by an surgical operation.
Exhaustion of auxin makes the abscission zone sensitive to ethylene.
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Abscission of a nidus formed in a living tissue is usually made by surgical operation.
This process is called abscission.
The ratio of adduct to abscission agent also may vary widely.
There is a direct correlation between its level and the abscission.
The abscission of flowers and pods is a limiting factor in the productivity of soybean.
These proteins are secreted from cells in the floral abscission zone.
The process of abscission physically cleaves the aforementioned midbody into two.
The loss of chlorophyll may also contribute to the abscission process.
Abscission of segments.
Ethylene is known to be an endogenous regulator of senescence and abscission in many plants.
The abscission zone is well developed when the embryo sac is mature.
Batsch following the application of compounds reported to influence fruitlet abscission.
Cells under the abscission zone divide and form a layer of cork cells.
The ratios are expressed in terms of a weight of adduct to weight of abscission agent.
The adduct and abscission agent utilized were the same as in the previous test.
There were substantial differences among species in leaf abscission responses under drought.
The desiccation and subsequent abscission of cotton leaves is achieved through chemical application.
We also expect that flower petal senescence and abscission will be delayed.
Fruit abscission may occur between April and August.
Abscisic acid owes its names to its role in the abscission of plant leaves.
The abscission layer is a greenish-grayish color.
These organs separate from the plant at the level of specialized abscission zones.
Pleurophycus sheds the lamina along an abscission zone at the transition between stipe and blade.
Diseases or pests can also kill leaves before they can develop an abscission layer.
In some situations, abscission may be one means of colonizing exposed sandbars.
The basal part of the stem contains narrow laticifers that widen toward the abscission zone.
Such a promoter could be used to effect root abscission at the end of a growing season.
Stimulation of ripening in fruits and vegetables Leaf abscission.
Abscission agents for inducing such defoliation, vía hormonal regulation, are known.
Northern pin oak resorbed greater amounts of N and K prior to leaf abscission than jack pine.
Leaf abscission ( drop ) typically occurs in most plants when infections become severe.
Harper, bring me the instruments of abscission.
Some signs of hyperhydricity, necrosis and abscission of older leaves was becoming apparent.
A method according to claim 1 wherein said ethylene response comprises abscission.
A composition according to claim 1, wherein the abscission agent comprises thidiazuron.
