bract

(brăkt)

A leaflike or scalelike plant part, usually small, sometimes showy or brightly colored, and located just below a flower, a flower stalk, or an inflorescence.

[From Latin bractea, gold leaf, perhaps from Greek brakhein, to rattle.]

brac′te·al (brăk′tē-əl) adj.

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bracteal - pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract

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En ambos metodos la defoliacion se efectuo empezando por las hojas superiores, las mas funcionales y expuestas a danos por viento, hasta alcanzar la Hoja X (decima hoja contada a partir de la ultima emitida antes de la aparicion del racimo sin contar la hoja bracteal) en las defoliaciones mas intensas.

Hoja I = ultima hoja emitida tras la hoja bracteal. D % Hoja I Hoja II Hoja III Hoja IV Hoja V Hoja VI D25 100 50 50 50 0 0 D50 100 100 50 50 50 50 D75 100 100 100 100 100 50 D100 100 100 100 100 100 100 D % Hoja VII Hoja VIII Hoja IX Hoja X D25 0 0 0 0 D50 50 50 00 50 D75 50 50 50 50 D100 100 100 100 100 TABLA 2--Datos morfologicos, fenologicos y productivos.

Influence of leaf removal in yield of cv. Gruesa, Musa acuminata Colla (AAA), cultivated under greenhouse in the Canary Islands/Influencia de la perdida foliar sobre la cosecha en el cv. Gruesa, Musa acuminata Colla (AAA), cultivado bajo invernadero en las Islas Canarias

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