Sentences with phrase «coca plants»

Unlike most insects, the caterpillar Eloria noyesi feeds on the leaves of coca plants.

Although the stated objective of the spraying is to kill only coca plants, it is not possible to restrict the damage.

Carlos Alberto Gomez, president of the privately funded National Network of Botanical Gardens says, «Its instincts allow it to find coca plants wherever they are.»

Although the principal toxin in regular Roundup is glyphosate, in Colombia something called Cosmo - flux has been added to make it stick to the leaves of the coca plant.

The scientists who work at the Pijaos ranch have two main goals: to perfect ways to kill the coca plant and to estimate exactly how much cocaine is produced in Colombia.

You can also sample coca tea, which while not alcoholic is made from the leaves of the coca plant, the same one used to make cocaine.

At one point our guide stops and shows me a coca plant.

We passed beautiful scenery, rivers, typical flora and fauna such as coffee and coca plants.

During this walk we can see many parrots, hummingbirds, eagles, wild cats, lizards, medicinal plants and fruits (bananas, mangos, oranges, clementine, cocoa, coca plants and coffee plantations) After walking for 6 - 7 hours (with lunch en route) we will arrive at the Cocalmayo thermal baths, and later at the small town of Santa Teresa.

Gomez says that the moths will go straight for the coca plants, lay gobs of eggs and wipe out the coca once their caterpillars hatch.