0 present participle of stunt --
1 to prevent the growth or development of something from reaching its limit: --
Plant stunting in this treatment most likely resulted from increased competition for moisture and/or soil nutrients.
Whether the stunting is permanent or not and whether it has an impact on the numbers of eggs produced per fluke were not determined.
Severe stunting and reduction in stem diameter, ear size and tassel size, often causing stalk lodging, brittleness and husk opening at a late growing stage.
In this case, trematode-induced stunting would be expected more frequently under environmental conditions favouring stable population sizes.
In various helminth infections, stunting of worms and reduced fecundity of females are recognized as features that can be caused by immunity.
The cause of stunting seen in this study is unclear.
This would suggest some overcrowding and stunting around this time.
Density of the cereals was similar in the two residue treatments, indicating that the abundant residues were stunting the growth of established plants74.
