phytobiomass

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noun

Plant biomass.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

nounphytobiomass (countable and uncountable, plural phytobiomasses)

plural phytobiomasses

  1. countableuncountablePlant biomass.

    Lignocellulosic materials represent the most significant fraction of the terrestrial phytobiomass, the largest source of organic compounds in the biosphere.

    2011, Marcos Silveira Buckeridge, Routes to Cellulosic Ethanol, page 54
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    It is necessary to bear in mind that 30 to 90 per cent of the phytobiomass is represented by roots and is consequently concentrated inside the soil, where the soil animals and microorganisms mostly live.

    1972, Nicholas Polunin, editor, The Environmental Future: Proceedings of the first International Conference on Environmental Future, held in Finland from 27 June to 3 July 1971

    The magnitude of biomass production is greatest in the tropical rainforest area, where the annual precipitation is over 2200 mm, and the phytobiomass production decreases with the decrease of the rainfall.

    1988, David E. Bell, editor, Health, Nutrition, and Economic Crises: Approaches to Policy in the Third World

Origin

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