plantlet
- noun
- /ˈplæntlɪt/
- Specialized
:
plantita
- Later, they move the developing plantlet, with new roots anchoring it to the plug, directly into greenhouse pots.
- foliar plantlet
- plantlet grows
- developing plantlet
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Plantlets raised with the Albany technique form roots as readily as those grown with the earlier procedure.
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When carefully nurtured in laboratory petri dishes, each rescued embryo may form a plantlet.
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The scientists then spray two groups of about 50 plantlets with the activators.
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After a stint in the greenhouse, the plantlets should be ready to go outdoors.
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The plantlets are tended in the greenhouse until they can be planted outdoors in the research orchard.
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Regenerated plantlets were tested for acclimatization under in vitro conditions at various pH levels.
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Fitch says that, with genetically screened plantlets, farmers should need to plant only one plantlet per hole, making cultivation cheaper and faster.
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Preliminary results from Fitch's studies indicate that trees that started as laboratory plantlets bear market-size fruit about 1 to 3 months earlier than conventionally grown seedlings.
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Place houseplant cuttings or foliar plantlets directly into a hydroponic reservoir in tap water or diluted nutrient solution.
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Each tube contains a small, rooted plantlet about the size of your little finger.
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Etymology
Plantlet comes from the word plant plus the small ending -let, which means 'small' or 'young' and appears in familiar words like piglet. So a plantlet is literally a 'baby' or 'small' plant, often one that grows from a parent plant rather than from seed.