Sentences with phrase «as crop plants»

AFAIK currently known weeds don't respond to increased pCO2 as well as crop plants do, but who knows what «pre-adapted» wild populations might be waiting to invade fields all over when the pCO2 passes a certain point?

«It will be exciting to look in other organisms, such as crop plants and pathogenic fungi, to find out what mRNAs this protein regulates,» said first author Amy Lee, a former UC Berkeley American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellow who is now an assistant professor at Brandeis University.

Not exact matches

There Friedberg observed that most farmers plant corn and soybeans because they make can make the most money through those crops, in large part because of their role as animal feed that supports humans» massive appetite for meat.

That doesn't include the ancillary businesses that supply goods and services to the industry, such as Agrana Fruit, which opened a $ 50 million plant in Lysander in 2014 and sources crops from local fruit farmers.

Since its 2013 demonstration as a genome editing tool in Arabidopsis and tobacco — two widely used laboratory plants — CRISPR has been road - tested in crops, including wheat, rice, soybeans, potatoes, sorghum, oranges and tomatoes.

At the same time, projections for total planted US corn and soy acreage was reduced as farmers shifted to other crops; they are, however, expected to plant more soybeans than corn for the first time in 35 years.5 Brazilian corn acres also showed a downward bias.

Demand for distillate is going to stay strong as this stupid winter weather hangs on and farmers start to get their tiller, planters and tractors filled up as they prepare to plant our nation's crop.

Corn closed higher as traders worried about planting progress and reacted to news of increasing crop stress to the Winter Corn crop in Brazil.

Hemp belongs to the cannabaceae plant family that contains over 270 species and 11 genera and is often confused with cannabis plants that are uses as a source of the drug, marijuana; however, hemp does not have any psychoactive or drug properties and is often identified as an agricultural crop.

Actually food for several years, since having salt water flood the earth would have caused the death of almost every plant that most of those animals could have eaten as well as damage the earth so the crops wouldn't have been able to come back for years.

He violates Lev.19: 19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton / polyester blend).

One isolated ridge - top in the Andean foothills of western Ecuador, only twenty square kilo - meters in area, lost as many as ninety unique plant species when the last of its forest was cleared to plant subsistence crops (Wolf 1987).

Every field is carefully fenced in with paling formed of the mid-ribs of the palmyra - leaf, or by rows of prickly plants, aloes, cactus, euphorbias, and others; and every one is divided into small beds, each containing a different crop; but the most frequent and valuable crops are the ingredients for the preparation of curry; such as onions and chilies, which are exported to all parts of the coast and carried in large quantities into the interior.

Vinifera wine grapes are durable and an appropriate crop for California as they are a less thirsty crop plant.

Though ingredient suppliers have been working with the crop for years, peas as a source of plant - based protein is on a strong upwards trajectory.

In the US they are planted in July as a warm weather crop but can be grown all year round.

Control: Control includes well - drained soil, proper plant spacing, crop rotation, and careful removal of all infected plants as soon as possible.

Cultivation for export, however, would involve less risk, if capsicums were regarded as a secondary or intermediate crop, to be grown on a plantation along with the principal one — as natives plant groundnuts or other beans between the rows of their maize - gardens — in a country with favourable soil and climate.

Fava bean plants are a great source of nitrogen for the vegetable garden so we grow them as a cover crop for that purpose, and reap the benefits of fava bean salads, soup or spread before we dig them under.

Climate - smart agriculture promotes a number of water conservation practices, such as planting a buffer of trees and bushes along streams and rivers to prevent erosion and contamination from crop runoff.

To guard against the economic catastrophe of a failed coffee crop, many growers now mix in other cash crops such as yucca and tomatoes, alongside their coffee plants or experiment with growing hybrid coffee plants that are better adapted to climate extremes or are better able to resist pests.

As stewards of the Arid Crop Seed Cache, New Mexico's largest collection of native and drought tolerant plants, CP is working to reintroduce these seeds into the communities.

As a rule of thumb, plant breeders in both public research institutes and private companies use genetic engineering only in the following situations: 1) the gene of interest is not found within the crop gene pool, 2) if found in the gene pool, transfer will be difficult due to incompatibility and other breeding problems or 3) the transfer of the gene will take a long time as in the case of perennial crops like coconuAs a rule of thumb, plant breeders in both public research institutes and private companies use genetic engineering only in the following situations: 1) the gene of interest is not found within the crop gene pool, 2) if found in the gene pool, transfer will be difficult due to incompatibility and other breeding problems or 3) the transfer of the gene will take a long time as in the case of perennial crops like coconuas in the case of perennial crops like coconut.

With the 2014 harvest the Rubired grape crop continues to remains marginally stable as most of these grapes have been planted under long - term contracts and yields remain large enough to be financially viable.

The soil health slowly improved and the following summer I increased my crop to include more tomato plants, zucchini, kale, lettuce and spring onion, as well as another failed attempt at eggplant.

California dairy farmers switching to almond crops, and even a 92 - year - old dairy plant that was forced to close due to a decline in sales recently reopened as a plant - based milk company.

It is about supporting a system of sustainable agricultural management that promotes soil health and fertility through the use of such methods as crop rotation and cover cropping, which nourish plants, foster species diversity, help combat climate change, prevent damage to valuable water resources, and protect farmers and farmersâ $ ™ families from exposure to harmful chemicals.

As a trainee plant pathologist, I could offer basic crop health and plant disease diagnostic support to small holder farmers in developing countries.

As an example of using organic mechanisms to control pests, one of Organic Crop Protectant's products, Eco Oil, attracts natural predators such as lady beetles to attack plant pests such as scale, aphids, mites and leafminerAs an example of using organic mechanisms to control pests, one of Organic Crop Protectant's products, Eco Oil, attracts natural predators such as lady beetles to attack plant pests such as scale, aphids, mites and leafmineras lady beetles to attack plant pests such as scale, aphids, mites and leafmineras scale, aphids, mites and leafminers.

We carefully select plants that exhibit desirable traits such as high yield, hardiness, and pest - resistance to produce stronger crops.

The newer process of genetic engineering, which involves inserting genes from unrelated species into a plant's genome to add desirable traits, has been used in crops such as corn, soy, and potatoes.

While our organization has branched out (pun intended) since its founding 30 years ago to protect temperate forests (such as those in the Appalachian mountains), and tropical forests in Africa and Asia, our first efforts were focused on the rainforests of Latin America, working with farmers and foresters there to improve their lives and livelihoods so they wouldn't have to clear trees to plant crops or sell timber.

Because the protein comes from the same plant as marijuana, the crop is tightly regulated in many countries and can be costly for manufacturers to obtain.

More reasonable is the concept of inter-cropping, where gardeners take into consideration such factors as how fast the various crops mature, the relative heights involved, and the positioning of light - demanding and shade - tolerant plants.

Wild pollinators such as bees, butterflies and many other insects pollinate crops and wild plants, so that they can bear fruit and seed.

Agroforestry practices provide cocoa farmers with resilience to climate change by promoting the planting of income generating hardwoods and other crops among cacao tress well as conservation of forests for both shade and soil health.

The cover crop plants also serve as habitats for predators.

Q: Dave, I bought some Arrivivi Gusano pepper plants this year and I got a huge crop (bought from the Chile Woman and boy did I get my money's worth), but I have no clue as to what to cook or make from them.

I bought some Arrivivi Gusano pepper plants this year and I got a huge crop (bought from the Chile Woman and boy did I get my money's worth), but I have no clue as to what to cook or make from them.

As Colombia rebuilds after more than 50 years of civil war, farmers are under pressure to stop growing illegal drug crops and instead plant fruits and vegetables.

- Increase investment in research and development of plant - based foods and clean meat; - Clarify that food producers can use compound names such as «soy milk» and other descriptors on food labels; - Include commonsense measures to reform checkoff programs; and - Incentivize the production and consumption of specialty crops and pulses.

Warm - season crops are fruiting plants, such as peppers, cucumbers, eggplant and tomatoes, and will be harvested when students return in the fall.

OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters)- The most extensive drought in five decades has left corn plants withered and dying, and crop yields in the largest producing states will be much lower than experts have forecast, scouts said on Friday as they completed a U.S. Midwest crop tour.

Genetically modified crops are plants in which genes are altered in the laboratory to make them perform in a very specific way, such as not being harmed by certain herbicides.

Lane and his colleagues found that both farmers who have been involved in GM crop trials and those who have not, regard GM as a simple extension of previous plant breeding techniques, such as those which have produced today's established crop types.

Hawkins has held news conferences all over the state on such topics as shutting down nuclear power plants and banning the planting of genetically modified crops.

«There are also skills shortages in areas of expertise such as plant and crop breeding, plant physiology and pest management, large animal physiology and health, soil science, and horticulture,» she says.

Planted in the fall as a winter cover crop, rapeseed flowers in the early spring.

Farmers spray their crops with fungicides to control these plant diseases, but their effectiveness is limited as disease pathogens mutate to become insensitive to the fungicides.

A new understanding as to how plants defend themselves against some pathogens that cause crop diseases is proposed by researchers from the University of Hertfordshire to help scientists breed new, more successful disease - resistant agricultural crops.