Sentences with phrase «edible crops»

In very rough terms, the world grows about 6,000 calories per person a day in edible crop harvest.

They seemed like the perfect edible crop for shady spots in the yard.

Partly, this is because a field planted entirely in edible crops lets one feed far more mouths than a forest with scattered edible plants.

Through crop raiding, a form of human - wildlife conflict, hundreds of thousands of marginalized farmers are losing edible crops to damage from these troublesome animals each year.

Alliums come in many shapes and sizes — including edible crops, such as garlic, onion and leek — but the impressive ornamental Allium «Ambassador», one might say is an excellent representative of the genus....

This research evaluated the potential for integrated biofilters (IBFs) consisting of a subsurface flow constructed wetlands, a living wall, and living columns to attenuate wastewater pollutants while converting wastewater into a water resource to reduce the temperature of building envelopes and cultivate edible crops.

In fact, tests by Norman Arancon of the University of Hawaii suggest that application of vermicompost showed significant and repeatable suppression of pythium, verticillium wilt, rhizoctonia solani, powdery mildew, plant parasitic nematodes, cabbage white caterpillars, cucumber beetles, tomato hornworms, mealy bugs, aphids and two - spotted spider mites» damage to a broad range of edible crops.

I'm guessing this vege is pretty susceptible to insect infestation (who hasn't bought a cauliflower that wasn't home to those tiny bugs) so an edible crop gets pretty pricey.

However, cotton is not a food crop, and is therefore not treated like an edible crop but an industrial one.

Bountiful Bonsai, $ 14.95 list, $ 11.86 Amazon Richard W. Bender Learn to create and grow indoor bonsai that bear an edible crop.

And it looks like they create an edible crop in the process too.