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Definition of Sporophytes
1. sporophyte [n] - See also: sporophyte
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sporophytes
Literary usage of Sporophytes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The sporophytes are solid-stemmed, usually producing large spore-bearing leaves,
and well developed roots. There are fully 3500 species of ferns, ..."
2. Azolla Utilization: Proceedings of the Workshop on Azolla Use, Fuzhou by International Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1987)
"At a sowing rate of 160 kg sporocarps fresh wt/ha, sporophyte yield at 52 d will
range from 15.8 to 21 t sporophytes fresh wt/ha. In recent years there has ..."
3. Genetic Manipulation in Crops: Proceedings of the International Symposium on by International Rice Research Institute (1988)
"The Application of Pollen sporophytes of Winter Wheat in Breeding — the Development
of the New Variety 'Jinghua No.1' Hu ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In further contrast the sporophytes of Pteridophyta develop only a relatively
... The sporophytes of this order are plants from an inch to a foot in height, ..."
5. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"The sporophytes of the liverworts and mosses have a similar position in the life
history, ... Most of the mosses have long, stalked sporophytes (Figs. ..."