Stem cuttings are an example of a propagule.
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Propagule
Synonyms for "propagule"
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9 translations across 6 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- propàgul noun (reproductive particle released by an organism to propagate itself)
French
1 entries- propagule noun (reproductive particle released by an organism to propagate itself)
German
3 entries- Brutknospe noun (reproductive particle released by an organism to propagate itself)
- Brutkörper noun (reproductive particle released by an organism to propagate itself)
- Brutorgan noun (reproductive particle released by an organism to propagate itself)
Italian
1 entries- propagolo noun (reproductive particle released by an organism to propagate itself)
Korean
2 entries- 육아 noun (reproductive particle released by an organism to propagate itself)
- 주아 noun (reproductive particle released by an organism to propagate itself)
Portuguese
1 entries- propágulo noun (reproductive particle released by an organism to propagate itself)
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1989, Discovery and Innovation, Volumes 1-2, Academy Science Publishers, page 90, Propagule size could be one of these silvical characteristics.
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In many combinations of fungi and soils more than one method of estimating propagules will need to be used to provide a valid test of propagule numbers.
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2011, Committee on Assessing Numeric Limits for Living Organisms in Ballast Water, Assessing the Relationship Between Propagule Pressure and Invasion Risk in Ballast Water, National Research Council of the National Academies, National Academies Press, page 126, Combined with information on organism concentrations, this proxy could allow estimates of either total number of propagules per discharge or cumulative propagule supply over some temporal and spatial scale.
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