"I suspect the plants go into a dormant stage to survive the drought."

The grass on either side was in its dormant stage, clipped short, a mottled yellow.

"When they are in the dormant stage their need for food is low."

Will they go into a dormant stage this winter?

However, they remain generally inactive and feed rarely, going through a dormant stage.

The band has been in a dormant stage with no official word on their future plans.

It seems that at least occasionally P. falciparum has a dormant stage.

No one knows exactly why the bacteria have this dormant stage, or what factors influence the bacteria's virulence, but the research is being done.

The eggs remain in a dormant stage until rains stimulate hatching.

I can trigger its dormant stage, but its taking more time to kill it off.