Sentences with phrase «by pea plants»

Technically a legume, peas are little round seeds produced by pea plants.

Not exact matches

I decided to expand my thoughts, first expressed here, about the NYT column by Professor Michael Marder claiming that it is unethical to eat peas because pea plants can communicate chemically.

But, he's enacted his revenge for no strawberries this year by decimating my peas: no pea plant got taller than 2 ″.

Western Australian farmers have benefited from the support provided to developing country trainees by acquiring valuable plant germplasm — Biserrula from Morocco, anthracnose resistant albus lupin from Ethiopia, and black spot resistant field pea from Russia — through the scientific network that the training courses have established.

The freak plant continued to evolve, first on its own, and then by selection as farmers domesticated it for its tasty seeds that grew, not from its branches like most beans and peas, but beneath the soil.

By counting the proportions of these traits in several generations of pea plants, the inquisitive monk concluded that these features must derive from pairs of what we now call genes, which he discovered were randomly divided between offspring.

After all, Gregor Mendel discovered the laws of genetics simply by crossing pea plants in his garden.

Kudzu, known as the mile - a-minute plant for how quickly it grows, is in the pea family and was introduced to the U.S. from Asia by gardeners in the 1930s.

The popularity of vegetarian diets has been fueled by the success stories of athletes who are world champions and also vegetarians, and the good news is that it's easy to get enough protein through plants like nuts, beans, peas, edamame, and more.

Beans, peas and intact whole grains contain resistant starch, because the starch is protected by the seed or hull of the plants such that the starch is not digested in the small intestine — it reaches the large intestine and is called «resistant starch».

Well my sister and brother in law started vegan last year, I have notice they lost weight and have no cholesterol but my sister is looking older than me and wrinkly she doesn't drink much water she believes she gets all she needs from veggies and fruit which I disagree, also when you go on a whole food plant based diet are you getting your protein in every meal by adding chick peas, lentil, black beans or kidney beans, hair does use a lot of protein and its need to repair damage from any disease, specially after age 30, or else the body will start by eating the toxins then the fat and finally the muscles and fat from breast.

Pea protein, however, is a standout exception because it's rich in all nine essential amino acids except for methionine, which is easy to correct for by including small amounts of animal protein in your diet or even other plant proteins like rice protein.

Infusino maximizes his limited space by planting peas, onions and salad greens as soon as the soil defrosts each spring.

Most products in the marketplace will start with meat, followed by meals (fish, chicken, beef, etc.) and plant proteins (potato protein, chickpea flour, pea protein, etc.).

Peas provide plant protein and are being used by many dog food makers now instead of corn.

What this means is that if the first ingredient in the ingredient list is whole chicken, followed by peas, lentils, and chickpeas, your dog is probably eating mostly plant protein.

His recent series of knot sculptures were inspired by observing how different plants - mainly morning glories, peas and sweet peas - tied themselves into knots and tangles enabling them to climb.

I've seen wheat fields ruined by a night of hail, rice fields destroyed by raiding wild pigs, cauliflower plants killed by frost, chick peas ravaged by root fungi and seeds that died before the monsoon rains arrived.

The yard didn't have any structure at all to begin with, so last year we focused on adding shape, interest and function by creating a pea gravel patio for our fire pit, a flagstone walkway, and designated some planting areas.