host plant

常見(jiàn)例句

De Moraes has been working with the weed, which attaches to its host plant “l(fā)ike a leech that will attach to the plant and then suck the nutrients out.
德·莫拉埃斯正在研究菟絲子。她說(shuō)：“這種雜草纏繞在寄主植物上，象吸血蟲(chóng)似的吸附在上面，將其中的營(yíng)養(yǎng)成分吸出。
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Rhizobia establish a symbiotic relationship with their host plant ― exchanging nitrogen for nutrients ― by forming nodules, which penetrate the roots and sometimes stems of the plant.
根瘤菌通過(guò)形成根瘤和它們的宿主建立了一種共生關(guān)系——用氮換取營(yíng)養(yǎng)。根瘤通常會(huì)滲透進(jìn)植物的根，有時(shí)候還會(huì)滲透進(jìn)植物的莖。
But as a parasitic plant, you don’t want to kill your host plant ... what you want to do is maintain that plant alive, ” she says.
然而，寄生植物并不想殺死其寄主植物，而是想保留寄主植物的活命。
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As host of this year's World Jatropha Summit, the government in Accra is seeking greater investment in the hardy plant whose seeds can be crushed into an oil that is processed into high-quality biodiesel.

But new research found that, like stem rust, stripe rust increases its genetic variability by reproducing sexually on the leaves of another host plant (the barberry), making itself more adaptable—and more deadly.
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The degree of regulation should be proportionate to the perceived risk of the new organism, which is a function of certain characteristics of the host plant, such as weediness, toxicity, ability to outcross, etc.
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The degree of oversight should be proportionate to the perceived risk of the genetically engineered plant, which is a function of certain characteristics of the host plant (weediness, toxicity, ability to outcross, etc.) and the introduced gene.
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