Sentences with phrase «banana plants»

I love the tropical feel to the planting of this house including the large banana plant....

The findings provide leads for increasing the sustainability of banana cultivation, for instance through the development of a resistant banana plant.

Looks like the reviewer was paying too much attention to the repetitive bonus rooms and banana plant things vs the very creative and stylish levels presented in the game.

You can bring in the feel of nature into your modern living room by decorating it with real plants, such as an indoor banana plant.

Black sigatoka is air - borne and affects the leaves of banana plants in small and large - scale plantations, and without chemical control it results in huge yield losses.

Sourcing material from banana plant fibers, this handsome and classic bar stool is a uniquely textured seating option perfect for... casual and contemporary decor schemes.

His plated green skin shone like rainwater on banana plants in the garden plot we used to tend behind the dream caves.

Because Cavendish banana plants are genetically uniform, a disease capable of killing one plant could kill them all.

By contrast, 67 % -100 % of control banana plants after three years were either dead or TR4 - infected, including a Giant Cavendish variant 218 generated through tissue culturing in Taiwan and reported to be tolerant to TR4

* Uses organic waste for compost and plants a cover crop under banana plants to enrich the soil and prevent erosion.

The nematodes are invisible to the naked eye, but they can penetrate the roots of banana plants by the thousands.

Another possibility is the import of infected rhizomes — the stems from which banana plants propagate.

In the 3 - year trial, 67 % to 100 % of control banana plants died or had yellow, wilting leaves and rotting trunks.

Zuluaga Gallego, Jorge A. Velásquez Cock and colleagues at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Colombia) have been investigating a different approach using banana plants, which are considered waste once the fruit is harvested.

They've found that adding tiny cellulose fibers extracted from banana plant waste to ice cream could slow melting, increase shelf life and potentially replace fats used to make the tasty treat.

He propped the rifle against a stunted banana plant and removed his headband and wrung it out and wiped his face and stood there awhile, waving away the mosquitoes with the cloth and itching his crotch absent - mindedly.

Or the way the gardeners momentarily stop grooming banana plants or scything back undergrowth and instead smile broadly as you pass.

Casa Golondrina, the smallest of the Teak bungalows, is a stilt bungalow built ten feet on top of nine 30 year - old teak tree trunks bridging a small draw between towering palm trees and luxurious banana plants.

Even the choice of the common banana plant inspiring Cai Jin's former work possesses a sturdy energy despite its less than beautiful appearance.

There are about 50 recognized species of bananas, and nearly all bananas that are sold in stores are cloned from one variety (the Cavendish banana plant).

Later on I brought in a larger banana plant and he screamed at me, «Get that fucking plant out of...

The banana variety Yangambi km5 produces toxic substances that kill the nematode Radopholus similis, a roundworm that infects the root tissue of banana plants — to the frustration of farmers worldwide.

From Limón, the road paralleled the Caribbean while running through stands of coconut palms, banana plants, and cocoa trees.

I also sell handspun banana yarn which is made from the banana plant.

Although it's often called a «banana tree» the stem of the banana plant does not contain any wood.

For example, the insights offer us opportunities to develop a banana plant that is suitable for production and export, and which is also resistant against black Sigatoka.»

They discovered that eumusae leaf spot and black sigatoka become more lethal to banana plants not just by shutting down the plant's immune system but also by adapting their metabolism to better match that of the host plants, allowing them to more efficiently acquire and assimilate nutrients from the host.

Thanks to the sequencing of the DNA of the Pseudocercospora fungus we are now gaining a greater insight into the interaction between the fungus and the banana plant.

The parasitic nematode Radopholus similis is the invisible nemesis of the banana plant, says Professor Dirk De Waele: «This roundworm infects banana crops worldwide.

The Cavendish banana plant was originally native to Southeast Asia, as it replaced the Gros Michel which was wiped out by fungus.

Sinamay is an organic material made from an abaca plant which is similar to a banana plant.

This year it holds a banana plant in it with elephant ears in the bottom.

Which brings us to our next chapter, about the banana plant itself and how it lends itself to cultivation.

A little American kid with long, tangled hair sits quietly on the tiles under the banana plants.

Even better, as you make your way through the park's lush foliage, banana plants, wild orchids, and banyan trees, you'll also come across Kahuna Falls, a lesser - known but equally beautiful site.

Banana Tree: is «haas» in Mayan and plantain is «box haas», in Spanish the banana is guineo and the plantain is platano: Musa paradisiaca or Musa sapientum The banana plant has been cultivated for over 4,000 years and has been extensively hybridized.

Villa Margarita, a new luxury estate privately surrounded by nearly 2 acres of coconut palms, banana plants and tropical flowers.

Read a book by the spectacular pool, dine on exquisite international cuisine, sip cocktails on the terrace and wander around the immaculate landscaped gardens festooned with bamboo groves, banana plants, and mango trees.

Such lyricism extends from the banana plant series, which also demonstrates a rough but poetic sensibility, in which a certain rawness of presentation is used to support a full range of very impressive painterly effects.

The paintings both recall and reject the former realism of the banana plants series, which, from the start, contained quite abstract effects.

Cai Jin, famous for a 20 - year - long obsession with the banana plant, has changed her focus.

There is no «Magnolia Blossom» but a rare Cunningham print of a banana plant.

Bring a slice of the foliage into your home by dressing surfaces with bouquets of brightly coloured flowers or banana plants (the sheen on their leaves is really spectacular!).