Sympodial

Définitions de « sympodial »

Sympodial - Adjectif

• (Botanique) Se dit d'une croissance ou ramification végétale marquée par la succession de tiges latérales prenant le relais du développement suite à l'arrêt de croissance du bourgeon terminal, entraînant un développement en zigzag.

  Les branches du mûrier, illustrant une croissance sympodiale, dessinent dans le ciel un labyrinthe en zigzag où chaque tige latérale prend le relais de la précédente, répétant le cycle perpétuel de la vie végétale.

Étymologie de « sympodial »

Évolution historique de l’usage du mot « sympodial » depuis 1800

Citations contenant le mot « sympodial »

• Interestingly, strawberry inflorescences combine two branching systems – a monopodial primary axis and sympodial lateral branches – and are botanically known as thyrses. The development of thyrse architecture has not been previously explored in any other plant.

• Histological findings were reported as follows: "Direct potassium hydroxide (KOH) microscopic examination from skin scrapings revealed branched brown hyphae with light brown septa. A fungal culture on Sabouraud's agar media produced wet, medium brown, yeast-like colonies, the surface of which later became black and shiny. A slide culture disclosed light brown, elliptic or peanut-shaped conidia comprised of one to two ampullaceous cells. Scanning electron microscopic examination of the conidia showed both annellation [sic] conidia with lunate bud scars and sympodial conidiogenesis."

• Cotton bolls were collected from the 10 mature plants of each experimental unit, and average boll weight was determined by dividing total seed cotton yield per plant to the total number of bolls. Number of sympodial branches per plant were calculated from 10 randomized selected plants of each experimental unit.

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