cormel

cor·mel

 (kôr′məl, kôr-mĕl′)
n.
A small young corm produced by a fully developed corm.
[corm + -el, diminutive suff. (from Latin -ellus).]
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cormel

(ˈkɔːməl)
n
(Botany) a new small corm arising from the base of a fully developed one
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cor•mel

(ˈkɔr məl, kɔrˈmɛl)

n.
a small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.
[1895–1900; corm + -el diminutive suffix, as in carpel, pedicel, etc. (< Latin -ellus; see -elle)]
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Cultivars are differentiated mainly by leaf pigmentation, plant size, cormel shape and number, cormel tip shape and pigmentation, spatial arrangement of cormels, and cormel flesh pigmentation [6].
CONSTRAINTS TO PRODUCTION AND PREFERRED TRAITS FOR TARO (COLOCASIA ESCULENTA) AND NEW COCOYAM (XANTHOSOMA MAFAFFA) IN TOGO, WEST AFRICA
Due to small cormel sizes, a higher proportion (about 92%) of the cormel yield could be classified as unmarketable.
Comparative Growth and Yield of Taro (Colocasia esculenta) Accessions Cultivated in the Western Cape, South Africa
Cultivar Effects on Growth, Yield and Cormel Production of Gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus L.).
HUMIC ACID APPLICATION IMPROVES THE GROWTH, FLORET AND BULB INDICES OF GLADIOLUS (Gladiolus grandiflorus L.)
Effect of corm size and fifferent doses of phosphorus on the growth, corm and cormel development of gladiolus.
Soil water content and wood ash fertilization on the cultivation of gladiolus/Umidade do solo e adubacao com cinza vegetal no cultivo do gladiolo
1970), cormel tips (Simonsen and Hildebrandt 1971) or cormel slices and basal leaf region (Kamo 1994) but in our results we observed shoot from callus initiated from slices of cormel sprouts (Fig.
Effect of different carbohydrates sources on the formation of cormlets of economic important plant: Gladiolus Pacifica
Monterey, Pines radrato, 1998 Cormel, Monterey Co., Calif.
THE NATIONAL REGISTER of BIG TREES 2000-01
Majority (92%) of the farmers interviewed cultivate cocoyam for both the cormel and leaf.
Socioeconomic survey of traditional commercial production of cocoyam and cocoyam leaf
The Gladiolus plant is propagated mainly through vegetative reproduction of cormlets and cormels. In vitro cormel production from nodal buds and cormel tip has been achieved successfully [6].
Heterogeneity in the micropropagation of dicot (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) and monocot (Gladiolus grandiflorus Andrews.) cultured under same conditions in vitro
Cormels with 60g mean mass, obtained from the UFV Germplasm Bank of Vegetables (BGH/UFV), were used as seedlings.
Estimation of optimum experimental plot size for taro culture/Estimativa de tamanho otimo de parcela experimental para a cultura do taro
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