One description of a 1788 to 1798 battle between the Chinese and Vietnamese recounts that one warring side surrounded the enemy with fire fueled
by rice straw and oil.
Not exact matches
IRRI develops ways to add economic, nutritional, and environmental value to
rice by reducing postharvest losses, improving grain quality of new
rice varieties, improving value - chain linkages, investigating uses of husks and
straw to produce bioenergy, cut carbon emissions, and increase carbon sequestration.
Its creation was spurred
by a call from a doctor lamenting his gluten intolerance, which led Lakefront president Russ Klisch to create this
straw - colored libation made from sorghum and
rice.
In order to control fruit rot caused
by fungi,
rice straw was placed under the strawberry plants in the organic system while strawberry plants in the non-organic system were sprayed with fungicides.
Schneiderman spokesman Eric Koch, to whom the statement is attributed, draws first blood
by referring to the Manhattan senator was a «lifelong progressive Democrat» — a phrase intended to both 1) draw attention to the fact that
Rice used to be a Republican, and 2) subtly call into question her claim (made at the DRC
straw poll this weekend) that she has the «heart» of a Democrat.
The work builds on previous research led
by Seyfferth that looked at soil incubations of
rice husk,
rice straw and
rice ash.
They were inspired
by the Zori - typical Japanese sandals made of fabric straps and
rice straw holes.
Wood, Wood Waste, Other Solid Waste: Covers purpose - grown energy crops (poplar, willow etc.), a multitude of woody materials generated
by an industrial process (wood / paper industry in particular) or provided directly
by forestry and agriculture as well as wastes such as
straw,
rice husks, crushed grape dregs etc..