Sentences with phrase «flooded paddy»
Some species of Anabaena, which can be found worldwide, have been successfully used to provide nitrogen to rice crops in flooded paddy fields.
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During the flooding period, the network of irrigation canals and the organic paddy fields close to lagoons become a crucial link between marine and river environments, and provide an important habitat for many species of fish and amphibians, such as damnbusia (Gambusia holbrooki), carp (Cyprinus carpio), fartet (Lebias ibera - an endemic fish of the western Mediterranean Sea), coruna frog (Rana perezi), and others.
Bookmakers recently suspended their odds (reportedly because there was a flood of bets on Tom Hiddleston), but, as of today, Paddy Power is taking bets again.
Spokesman Paddy Power said: «It looks like a case of the Costa deal's go, as bets have flooded in for the Premier League's ultimate bastard to depart.
Methane, for example, is generated primarily by bacterial decomposition of organic matter — particularly in such places as landfills, flooded rice paddies, and theguts of cattle and termites — and by the burning of wood.
The rice terraces are flooded from September to March, [and] the evaporation from these paddies provides a cool and pleasant climate for local residents while the fields provide a spectacular view for travelers.»
Being a silica rich material is important for reducing the amount of arsenic in the rice plant because the mechanism for uptake of arsenite, which is the most dominant form of arsenic in flooded rice paddies, shares a transport pathway with dissolved silicon.
Rice has higher arsenic concentrations than other grains because of the unique physiology of the plant and because of the way it's grown, in flooded rice paddies.
Flooded rice paddies also emit methane because water prevents oxygen from reaching the soil, triggering a build - up of methane - emitting bacteria.
This is important due to the well documented issues of arsenic contamination that occurs by cultivating rice in flooded rice paddies.
Meanwhile, in February, bookmakers Paddy Power, revealed it had received a «flood of bets» leading the odds of Sarah Burton (creative director of Alexander McQueen) falling from 16/1 to 8/1 in one morning and down into the two's.
For decades, the district of Waikïkï had been merely a patchwork of rice paddies and taro patches, foul - smelling duck ponds and mosquito - ridden marshes, prone to flooding during heavy rains.
We will see so beautiful of Bali among terraces of the rice paddy with flooded of water and the view of the coconuts palms and others plantation on valley of the river.
The tradition of water puppet theatre stems from a time when rice paddy fields were flooded and villagers would make entertainment by standing in the waist - deep water with the puppets performing over the water.
Extensive floods in Indonesia during early 2002 have killed hundreds of people, destroyed thousands of homes, damaged thousands of hectares of rice paddy fields, and inundated Indonesian insurance companies with flood - related claims.
When rice paddies are flooded, the oxygen - devoid environment creates the perfect place for bacteria to feed off of those carbohydrates, creating methane as a byproduct.