Sentences with phrase «control over a plant»

Recent advances in genome engineering make it possible to precisely alter DNA sequences in living cells, providing unprecedented control over a plant's genetic material.

Not exact matches

History repeats it self... See examples such as the separation of India in to India and Pakistan but left them Kashmir to fight over and remain alert against each other all those years, then another example is the Koreas South and North, then the case of Cyprus for Turkey and Greece, planting of Israel among the Arabs to control, exhaust them, consume their wealth and drain their resources?

Genetic engineering gives a certain laboratory and market control over human, animal and plant life.

The democratic societies have no one supreme or dominant member, with examples being such things possibly as stones and probably as some cell - colonies and even special forms of many - celled plants and animals.42 Monarchic societies, on the other hand, do have a supreme or dominant member which radically subordinates the parts to its ruling purpose but which can never completely rob the parts of all measure of control over themselves.

There was no control at all over what seeds were planted, so farmers could never predict how large the pods would be — or how hot.

These are my options - hear me out: Either: 1) I find some way to regain the control I had over my tastebuds pre discovery of plant based desserts and turn my attention to other foods.

Enck also called Attorney General Eric Schneiderman a «legal firewall» for spearheading several multi-state legal challenges to Trump, including threats to sue the President over his attempted roll - back of the Obama'administration's Clean Power Plan aimed at controlling power plant emissions in the U.S.

Over the weekend, Remington said it would open a new plant in Alabama, which offered over $ 60 million in incentives, a move that Alabama officials said was prompted in part by New York's tough gun control law, the SAFE Over the weekend, Remington said it would open a new plant in Alabama, which offered over $ 60 million in incentives, a move that Alabama officials said was prompted in part by New York's tough gun control law, the SAFE over $ 60 million in incentives, a move that Alabama officials said was prompted in part by New York's tough gun control law, the SAFE Act.

Another Clean Air Act provision requires large new stationary sources of pollution, such as power plants and factories, to meet pollution limits based on what can be achieved by the «best available control technology,» which ensures continuous improvement over time.

Over the past 50 years, the United States alone has spent nearly $ 20 billion trying to control fusion in order to build a viable power plant.

These include the behaviour of the Italian government in the aftermath of Chernobyl, the basis of decision - making in civil nuclear power in Switzerland and France, and the controversy over the supposed effects of radiation doses to fathers on their offspring at Sellafield (a large case control study, which has recently been published, contradicts the views in the book), and the Black enquiry into childhood leukaemias in the vicinity of the plant.

IGCC technology also gives engineers unprecedented control over what happens to the different components of coal after they go into the power plant.

The reason could be that plant defenses against pathogens gradually weaken after a fire, Moritz and Odion speculate — for instance, from stiffer competition among plants as they grow, decreased chemical defenses as they age, or depletion of soil nutrients.The findings suggest that California's fight against forest fires over many decades may have precipitated or accelerated the outbreak, and that perhaps controlled burning could be used to halt it, the authors say.

Companies such as Smith & Fong, which owns a stake in its Chinese manufacturing plant, can exercise more control over processing; Smith & Fong and various other manufacturers and importers, including Teragren on Bainbridge Island in Washington State, now offer bamboo flooring and plywood made with formaldehyde - free glue.

And when farmers set their usual fires to clear brush for planting, the dry conditions caused many to burn out of control, causing one of the biggest burn years on record and leading to a pall of smoke over the region.

At Politico's 2011 Energy Forum, Holmstead was confronted over his obstruction of clean air rules and the human lives lost resulting from his decisions to delay effective mercury pollution controls at U.S. power plants:

You should work to remove the anticompetitive advantages that poorly - controlled, inefficient, incumbent coal - fired power plants presently enjoy over newer, cleaner, and more efficient coal - fired plants.

You don't often have control over all the smells you're exposed to in a day, but you can intentionally utilize scents to trigger very real emotional responses by trying aromatherapy, the use of naturally extracted aromatic essential plant oils to promote physical, mental, and spiritual health.

Dr. Barnard's book helps with low - fat / no - fat plant foods that also have the lowest glycemic index to spread the absorption of the carbohydrates out over the longest possible time as a way of controlling blood sugar levels during the time the body is cleaning the fat out of the cells.

From the Anderson, Ward study, one can conclude that it is healthier to over eat on a high carbohydrate, high fiber plant based diet than eating nominally on the control diet because they were able to reduce their medication which is a good thing.

Mathematic integrated algorithm construction details qualitative characteristics of plant species integration into common models and quantification to dictate a control strategy based approach of relevance to over 300 000 plant species.

By exploiting a hole in a Jeep Cherokee's Uconnect Internet connectivity software, hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek were able to plant code into the car's head unit, ultimately gaining remote control over multiple vehicle functions, including the transmission and brakes.

Finally, IDM's Active Ride Control automatically applies brakes as needed on individual wheels to settle the car and help it feel more planted over bumpy pavement.

A double - wishbone coil - over suspension with forged aluminum arms and AMG's Ride Control active damping does its best to keep things planted; it's aided by a nine - setting AMG traction control system derived from the AMG GT3Control active damping does its best to keep things planted; it's aided by a nine - setting AMG traction control system derived from the AMG GT3control system derived from the AMG GT3 racer.

We have greater confidence in the sourcing of ingredients and the controls over the quality of the food when the manufacturer controls the plant producing the food.

Not unlike tower defense games you've probably played, like Plants vs Zombies and Defense Grid, Protect Me Knight pits you against oncoming hoards of monsters, but unlike all those other titles this game gives you complete control over your character.

The plot for Garden Warfare 2 is moot really but for the purposes of thoroughness, here it is; Zombies have taken over the world and you as a plant under the control of the mad bloke (Dave) with the pot on his head who lives in a trailer have to strike back.

The vocabulary of fungi, plants, and industrial machines became vehicles for the artist's reflections on mechanized production and the human impulse to impose order and control over creative and natural forces.

Reviewing her solo exhibition at the Power Plant, Toronto for frieze magazine, Frances Loeffler praised Kiwanga for skilfully exposing «the silent - yet - pernicious control that architecture exerts over our bodies and behaviour, and contemplates how we might resist it.»

At a time when melting polar sea ice is causing so many to focus on which political power will place its flag over the Arctic, controlling the Northwest Passage shipping lanes and the petroleum resources beneath the sea ice, Miami artist Xavier Cortada has developed a project that engages people across the world below to plant a green flag and native tree to help address global climate change.

At the core of Herbert is a hydroponic growing system, which grows the plants in a water - based solution (water plus nutrients) instead of soil, allowing for a smaller grow unit (plants need less space for growing medium) as well as more control over nutrient delivery, while also using 90 % less water than soil - based systems.

One redeeming article was about the Richmond, Virginia plant that put in extensive pollution controls and cleared the air that had been causing a smog over Richmond.

Whether it's just a tomato plant on your balcony, a mass of fresh herbs, or a full - blown, ripping - up - the - lawn type of endeavor, people want control over what they put in their bodies.

By the time I moved back to Massachusetts in the early 1990s after living away from here for over 2 decades, the dunes were being planted with grasses and scrub brush to control erosion.

The lawsuit claims that Allegheny undertook many construction projects over the years to extend the operational lifespan of these plants without complying with federal standards that require implementation of best available control technology standards to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions when new sources of power are constructed.

While the Court challenged HIA attorney Joe Sandler over how the DEA could or could not control a hypothetical plant containing trace THC in the Amazon rainforest, the judges were completely unconvinced by DEA attorney Daniel Dormont's arguments that Congress did not exempt hemp seed from the CSA even if the seed contains tiny insignificant amounts of naturally - occurring THC.

«There's a new sheriff in town,» agrees Salon's Andrew Leonard, pointing out that last week the Obama EPA started its own lawsuit over a coal power plant upgrade in Kansas that allegedly failed to add in required pollution controls.

In fact, APS» 2012 purchase of Southern California Edison's share of the Four Corners coal plant — adding 179 megawatts (MW) to APS» owned coal capacity — was a step in the opposite direction from clean energy and for protecting ratepayers, since APS has had to spend over $ 400 million for emissions control of these units.

«With that came modeling of clouds passing over that PV power plant, demonstrating that you could manage within a control band the voltage and frequency properties that were the standard sought by CAISO,» said Gay.

Increased weed and pest pressure associated with longer growing seasons and warmer winters will be an increasingly important challenge; there are already examples of earlier arrival and increased populations of some insect pests such as corn earworm.64 Furthermore, many of the most aggressive weeds, such as kudzu, benefit more than crop plants from higher atmospheric carbon dioxide, and become more resistant to herbicide control.72 Many weeds respond better than most cash crops to increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, particularly «invasive» weeds with the so - called C3 photosynthetic pathway, and with rapid and expansive growth patterns, including large allocations of below - ground biomass, such as roots.73 Research also suggests that glyphosate (for example, Roundup), the most widely - used herbicide in the United States, loses its efficacy on weeds grown at the increased carbon dioxide levels likely to occur in the coming decades.74 To date, all weed / crop competition studies where the photosynthetic pathway is the same for both species favor weed growth over crop growth as carbon dioxide is increased.72

The study found that the EPA rules, combined with a recent drop in the price of natural gas, could over the next four to five years cause the utility industry to accelerate retirement of old coal - fired power plants rather than spend to upgrade the plants» emissions controls.

At Politico's 2011 Energy Forum, Holmstead was confronted over his obstruction of clean air rules and the human lives lost resulting from his decisions to delay effective mercury pollution controls at U.S. power plants:

Because fossil fueled peaker plants have been run on utility - supplied fuel, utilities run them as few hours as possible; but with free «fuel» from the sun, yet the same full control over when and how much to dispatch, utilities could be more generous in deploying their own solar peaker.

Peaker plants get paid a capacity payment under something called a tolling agreement, which gives the utility complete control on a day - to - day basis over when and how long the peaker plant should run.

In 2002, Edison Mission completed a $ 1.6 billion sale - leaseback with General Electric Capital, but by 2012, the plant was not making enough money to cover its lease payments to GE, so it handed over control to GE Capital, and the company that held the plant's debt, Homer City Funding, entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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