Sentences with phrase «for plant disease»

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«We could feed more people, reduce the scourge of plant diseases, minimize the water used in agriculture... the possibilities are really exciting for anyone interested in the environment, sustainability, the future of food and open agriculture.»

Understanding evolution has helped in bringing about new plants for better farming and new medicines and understanding disease.

The cooperative also has to watch out for diseases that can attack sugar beet plants, including Cercospora leaf spot, which is drawn to dampness.

Out of the Earth ~ Natural Raw Diet for Dogs Many of the commercial dog food companies would have us believe that they actually use human grade meat in the production of their food, when in fact the sources of this «meat» are not even fit for animal consumption.In some areas of North America this list can also include euthanized companion animals from clinics and shelters, roadkill, zoo animals, livestock which die from disease or disability.The «meat» is purchased from a rendering plant which also receives material from slaughterhouses such as hair, feathers, hooves and any part of the mammal which is condemned for human consumtion.

Many of the commercial dog food companies would have us believe that they actually use human grade meat in the production of their food, when in fact the sources of this «meat» are not even fit for animal consumption.In some areas of North America this list can also include euthanized companion animals from clinics and shelters, roadkill, zoo animals, livestock which die from disease or disability.The «meat» is purchased from a rendering plant which also receives material from slaughterhouses such as hair, feathers, hooves and any part of the mammal which is condemned for human consumtion.

Healthy soil can be defined as soil that allows plants to grow to their maximum productivity without disease, fertility or pest problems that limit production, and without a need for unusual supplements or support.

You can also look for the following FDA - approved health claim on the package: «Diets rich in whole grain foods and other plant foods, and low in total fat, saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease and certain cancers.»

GPS technology can be used to track the highest yield plant, as well as check for disease and bugs.»

Lead researcher Dr Michael Macknin, of the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital in Ohio, said the findings of the study showed eating less meat and more plant - based foods could be «an effective lifestyle modification» to help reverse risk factors for heart disease.

Monitoring for pests and diseases; monitoring water use; planting cover crops; and reducing tillage are all associated with significant cost savings.

Vegetable production intensification will see increased plant pest and disease pressure and significant on - farm losses for the majority of subsistence and small - holder cooperative farmers if the goal to meet WTO / SPS requirements for exports to the ASEAN economic community and international markets is to be met.

«We use certain certified organic products for pests and have tried to lift the nutrition of the plants and select varieties that are more resistant to disease and grow well.»

Healthier plants make for stronger plants that can resist diseases and insect attack.»

Productivity: limited knowledge of farming techniques, limited access to planting materials, pests and disease Environmental: climate change, aging trees, unfertile soil Social: limited access to education, gender inequality, fewer leadership roles for women Financial: poverty, lack of access to finance

Chemically intensive farming methods can produce short - term benefits for farmers, but they result in the degradation of soil over time, increasing the susceptibility of plants to pests and diseases and requiring ever greater applications of fertilizer in the long - run.

It is usually too dense for the tender plants and may contain disease - bearing organisms.

However, my overarching thoughts are that moving towards a more plant based diet makes complete sense for achieving positive health outcomes and reducing disease risk, because it will likely result in a move away from less healthy options.

Phytochemicals are the biologically active substances in plants that are responsible for giving them colour, flavour, and natural disease resistance [1].

The second graders were able to ask the high schoolers about plant care and identification and prevention of plant diseases in preparation for planning their own classroom garden.

The disease was detected on a cow carcass taken in for rendering last Wednesday at an animal - rendering plant in Hanford, Calif., said Dennis Luckey, vice president of Baker Commodities Inc., a Los Angeles - based processor of animal byproducts that operates the facility.

Multiple specialty manufacturing plants in eastern Rensselaer County and North Bennington, Vt., used the chemical for decades before studies emerged a decade ago linking it to cancer and other serious diseases.

Additionally, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire have also agreed to intensify collaboration, in the field of scientific research for the production of cocoa plants, the improvement of plant varieties, and also to adopt and implement a regional programme to fight against the swollen shoot disease.

One of these was withaferin A, a compound derived from a plant known as Indian ginseng that has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for centuries to treat a range of diseases, including epilepsy.

A new collaborative project between the University of Helsinki and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) is shedding light on the efficacy of environmentally friendly RNA - based vaccines that protect plants from diseases and pests.

That finding raises prospects for eco-sensitive disease control — spraying cacao trees with beneficial fungi, for instance, or planting them alongside endophyte donor plants.

The department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service oversees more than 7800 animal holding facilities from zoos to circuses and aquariums, including roughly 1100 labs, some of them run by the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For example, if one plant gets a disease, the others are likely to catch it.

In nature, the resilient lignin polymer helps provide the scaffolding for plants, reinforcing slender cellulosic fibers — the primary raw ingredient of cellulosic ethanol — and serving as a protective barrier against disease and predators.

The host plant is deprived of sugar needed for energy, can't get rid of the bacteria and the disease progresses.

«However our findings show that by manipulating the TaR1 protein we can create unfavorable conditions preventing the spread of STB in the plant, potentially providing a new strategy for combating this devastating disease.»

In exposing the biological logic behind such inherited diseases, Mendel paved the way for modern - day genetic investigations — a span of progress the humble monk never imagined as he knelt in the abbey soil with his pea plants.

Farmers have been grafting plants for thousands of years to combine, say, a tree that bears delicious fruit with one that has disease - resistant roots.

«During the past four decades, allergic diseases have become a global health problem,» says project leader Professor Dabing Zhang, who leads the University of Adelaide and Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Laboratory for Plant Science and Breeding.

Elizabete Carmo - Silva, LEC lecturer in plant sciences for food security, said: «Both jointed grass and barley are regarded as valuable genetic resources for improving wheat disease resistance, our research suggests that they can also be used to improve biomass production.»

The internet - based outbreak reporting system — which reports on human, animal, and plant disease outbreaks — operates under the auspices of the International Society for Infectious Diseases.

The Federal Select Agent Program is jointly run by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

For example, plant breeders working to develop crops that can resist pests and diseases or higher temperatures often look to the broad range of plants and traditional crops in primary regions of diversity as sources of useful traits for crop improvemeFor example, plant breeders working to develop crops that can resist pests and diseases or higher temperatures often look to the broad range of plants and traditional crops in primary regions of diversity as sources of useful traits for crop improvemefor crop improvement.

The winners of the prize are Maged Al - Sherbiny from Egypt, for his research on vaccines and diagnostics against hepatitis C and schistosomiasis; plant scientist Felix Dapare Dakora from Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, in South Africa for his work on legumes and soil bacteria; and Rossana Arroyo of the Centre for Research and Advanced Studies of Mexico's National Polytechnic Institute, who studies trichomoniasis, a parasitic disease.

The study looked at a way to substitute animal - based saturated fats for plant - based unsaturated fats in muffins made for patients with the metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors that affect about a third of adults in the United States, increasing their chance of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

«If we can expand the role of RNAi to other organ systems beyond the liver, the likelihood that RNAi could overtake antibodies in terms of importance for diseases of man, animals, and even plants, is certainly there,» said Dr. Geert Cauwenbergh, president and CEO of RXi Pharmaceuticals.

The findings, published in December in Frontiers in Plant Science and in Current Opinion in Plant Biology, may lead to a more effective control for Magnaporthe oryzae, the fungus that causes rice blast disease.

Also, climate change may allow some tropical and subtropical crops to thrive at mid-latitudes where they previously did not grow, but such changes could also improve conditions for crop pests and the spread of plant and animal diseases.

«One application of ASM before Peronospora belbahrii inoculation significantly reduced disease severity, except for 2 - week - old basil when plants are very susceptible to this disease,» the researchers said.

This study has implications for timber and plant trade within Europe, «We have to be more rigorous about trade between European countries once it is known that a disease is in the source country.

But scientists — who want to harness the potential of cells as living computers that can respond to disease, efficiently produce biofuels or develop plant - based chemicals — don't want to wait for evolution to craft their desired cellular system.

The sometimes - latent disease can kill vineyards, stress mature vines and persist in soil and in decaying plant matter for years.

Felicia Keesing of Bard College in Annandale, New York, and her colleagues reviewed 15 diseases of plants and animals and found that for 13, contagion increased when biodiversity fell.

However, research has shown that grapevines are susceptible to powdery mildew, a plant disease, which contributes to significant crop loss for most commercial wine varietals that are cultivated each year.

For the study, MAbs were rapidly produced in tobacco plants in as little as ten days, giving promise to change the image of scourged product that causes lung cancer into a manufacturing system for societal benefits against infectious diseasFor the study, MAbs were rapidly produced in tobacco plants in as little as ten days, giving promise to change the image of scourged product that causes lung cancer into a manufacturing system for societal benefits against infectious diseasfor societal benefits against infectious diseases.

From natural ecosystems to farmers» fields, plants face a dilemma of energy use: outgrow and outcompete their neighbors for light, or defend themselves against insects and disease.