[1925–30; ‹ L rām(us) branch + -et]This word is first recorded in the period 1925–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: buildup, off-line, payload, reflex camera, runout-et is a noun suffix having a diminutive force (although the diminutive element is nowlost in many words). Other words that use the affix -et include: islet, midget, plummet, tablet
Examples of 'ramet' in a sentence
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When the soil moisture content decreased, the underground biomass and ramet biomass density increased.
Buhailiqiemu Abudureheman, Huiliang Liu, Daoyuan Zhang, Kaiyun Guan, Yongkuan Zhang 2014, 'The Responses of the Quantitative Characteristics of a Ramet Population of the EphemeroidRhizomatous Sedge Carex physodes to the Moisture Content of the Soil in Various Locationson Sand Dunes', The Scientific World Journalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/120186. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These results suggest that these genes could be considered as ramet number-associated candidates in ramie.
Kunmei Chen, Mingbao Luan, Heping Xiong, Ping Chen, Jikang Chen, Gang Gao, KunyongHuang, Aiguo Zhu, Chunming Yu 2018, 'Genome-wide association study discovered favorable single nucleotide polymorphismsand candidate genes associated with ramet number in ramie (Boehmeria nivea L.)', BMC Plant Biologyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-018-1573-1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Collections were made of one ramet from five individuals (n=5) at both sites.
Joaquín Quiroz, Roger Orellana, Gabriel Canto, Silvia Rebollar, Pedro Herrera-Franco 2008, 'Stem anatomical characteristics of the climbing palm Desmoncus orthacanthos (Arecaceae)under two natural growth conditions in a tropical forest', Revista de Biología Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442008000200040. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ramet aggregation had little effect on size variations.
Bi-Cheng Dong, Jiu-Zhong Wang, Rui-Hua Liu, Ming-Xiang Zhang, Fei-Hai Yu 2013, 'Effects of Heterogeneous Competitor Distribution and Ramet Aggregation on the Growthand Size Structure of a Clonal Plant', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0068557. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, ovule number explained more variation in seed set than ramet age and pollination treatment.
Marina M. Strelin, Marcelo A. Aizen 2018, 'The interplay between ovule number, pollination and resources as determinants of seedset in a modular plant', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/5384.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Little net benefit of inter-ramet connection in terms of biomass was detected.
Zhengwen Wang, Yuanheng Li, Heinjo J During, Linghao Li 2011, 'Do clonal plants show greater division of labour morphologically and physiologicallyat higher patch contrasts?', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3184135?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Clonal repeatability ranged from 0.7-0.9, with corresponding individual ramet repeatability ranged from 0.2-0.4.
Teguh Setyaji, Sri Sunarti, Arif Nirsatmanto 2016, 'EARLY GROWTH AND STAND VOLUME PRODUCTIVITY OF SELECTED CLONES OF Eucalyptus pellita',Indonesian Journal of Forestry Researchhttp://ejournal.forda-mof.org/ejournal-litbang/index.php/IJFR/article/view/1578/1416. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, the genetic variation and genetic architecture of ramie ramet number are rarely known.
Kunmei Chen, Mingbao Luan, Heping Xiong, Ping Chen, Jikang Chen, Gang Gao, KunyongHuang, Aiguo Zhu, Chunming Yu 2018, 'Genome-wide association study discovered favorable single nucleotide polymorphismsand candidate genes associated with ramet number in ramie (Boehmeria nivea L.)', BMC Plant Biologyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-018-1573-1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There was no difference in ramet growth between closely connected- and remotely connected-neighbor treatments.
Bin eChen, Bin eChen, Peter J. Vermeulen, Heinjo J. During, Niels P.R. Anten 2015, 'Testing for disconnection and distance effects on physiological self-recognition withinclonal fragments of Potentilla reptans', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00215/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Thus, we suggest that severing connections affects ramet interactions by disrupting their physiological integration.
Bin eChen, Bin eChen, Peter J. Vermeulen, Heinjo J. During, Niels P.R. Anten 2015, 'Testing for disconnection and distance effects on physiological self-recognition withinclonal fragments of Potentilla reptans', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00215/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)