Sentences with phrase «for plant fertilization»

The crystals are then dried to a white powder called struvite that can then be used for plant fertilization, and Ganrot says her trial tests show the powdered struvite works as well or better than commercial fertilizers (the powdered form helps it stay longer in the soil).

This new study has revealed the presence of AMOR, the sugar molecule responsible for controlling the pollen tube's response capability towards attractant molecules, which is an ability that is essential for plant fertilization to succeed.

«AMOR, a love potion for plant fertilization: Discovery, synthesis of AMOR sugar chains that guide pollen tube growth.»

Not exact matches

For instance, consider these remarkable examples of scientific knowledge: the sphericity of the earth (XXXIX, 5), the formation of rain (XXX, 48), fertilization by the wind (XV, 22), the aquatic origin of all living creatures (XXI, 30), the duality in the sex of plants and other creatures, then unknown (XXXVI, 35), the collective life of animals (VI, 38), the mode of life of the bees (XVI, 69), the successive phases of the child in his mother's womb (XXII, 5; XXIII, 14).

«Agricultural practices» shall mean all activities conducted by a farmer on a farm to produce agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the operation of a farm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural products;

Nitrogen (N) is an essential nutrient for plant growth, and nitrogen fertilization — including the application of manures — is a major management strategy in agriculture across the globe.

Williams contends that these innovations took hold at least 125 million years ago and made it possible for early angiosperms to evolve more flexible and sheltered modes of fertilization, including ovaries containing egg cells deep inside the plant.

Prof Bentzen from Dalhousie University said: «Although this study focused on MHC genes in vertebrates, the evolutionary dynamics described in it likely apply to other gene families, for example resistance genes and those which prevent self - fertilization in plants (self - incompatibility loci) that are caught up in their own evolutionary races.»

Maruyama and Higashiyama's investigation solves the mystery of the sophisticated switch - off mechanism for further fertilization (attraction of multiple pollen tubes) upon successful fertilization in flowering plants.

The study, published online on April 23, 2015 in the journal Cell, outlines the complicated mechanism of communication between plant cells, where an unusual cell fusion induces selective elimination of the cell responsible for pollen tube attraction after successful fertilization.

The group succeeded in visualizing for the first time, how the cytoskeleton of plant egg cells is disassembled after fertilization and then reorganized to create a polarity in the cell that eventually leads to asymmetric cell division.

«The timing of flower opening is important for the plant, as it determines aspects related to fertilization and ultimately seed - set.»

«This could lead to the development of new methods to improve the plant fertilization efficiency and open a new avenue for carbohydrate research in plant biology using synthetic chemistry approaches.»

This discovery is expected to lead to advances in research to improve plant fertilization efficiency as well as carbohydrate chemistry for plants.

And that fertilization makes it possible for plants to produce fruits, vegetables, nuts and berries.

Taking advantage of research progress and advanced gene sequencing technology, Brown University will join a consortium of European researchers for a three - year, $ 2.9 - million study of how fertilization has evolved in flowering plants.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818116304787 «Unfortunately, a new study by Reich and Hobbie (2) in Nature Climate Change indicates that nitrogen availability does indeed constrain the CO2 fertilization effect over the long term, at least for grassland plants.»

The levels continued to increase with each planting that used organic methods for pest control and fertilization.

Because plants don't require much magnesium for their own growth, it is rarely added back to the soils via fertilization.

Bee pollen comes from the male seeds of the plant which are essential for the fertilization of the plant.

There could be a CO2 fertilization effect but even so, numerous plant physiology studies have demonstrated physiological sink limitation under high CO2 regimes — for example, the roots can only store so much excess sugar.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818116304787 «Unfortunately, a new study by Reich and Hobbie (2) in Nature Climate Change indicates that nitrogen availability does indeed constrain the CO2 fertilization effect over the long term, at least for grassland plants.»

As far as CO2 fertilization, plants can only use so much CO2 (the limits of minerals, water, nitrates and sunlight tend to be more important for most plant ecosystems).

U.S. Department of Agriculture data tables provide evidence for the importance of the eight Midwest states for U.S. agricultural production.3 Evidence for the effect of future elevated carbon dioxide concentrations on crop yields is based on scores of greenhouse and field experiments that show a strong fertilization response for C3 plants such as soybeans and wheat and a positive but not as strong a response for C4 plants such as corn.

In addition, Ridley did not make it clear that Myneni had suggested that 42 % of the 14 % increase in annual productivity «can be attributed to relaxation of climatic constraints to plant growth,» with «57 % to other «anthropogenic factors»,» whereas the paper published in the journal «Nature Climate Change» in April 2016 did not present a figure for annual productivity, instead concluding that 25 % to 50 % of the Earth's vegetated area had greened, with about 70 % of this trend attributable to carbon dioxide fertilization.

Scientists at Boston University have also reported a worldwide «fertilization» effect from increased carbon emissions, since CO2 is «plant food,» essential for the growth of green plants.

Aerial CO2 fertilization is the reason for the increase in plant growth, crop yield, and presumably tree growth for the recent past, where some trees grow at faster rates than others by increasing airborne carbon dioxide concentrations.

It was not simple, for instance, to create a waterproof membrane and the necessary irrigation and fertilization systems to support a heavy coat of plant life.

I've never disagreed with the possibility of climate disruption from anthropenic activities I've only argued that disruption is very likely to be overshadowed by net benefits like modest warming when the earth has been in a ice age for 4 million years, more warming in the higher latitudes and less in the lower exactly where most people would wish for warming (or lack thereof), and fertilization of the atmosphere with CO2 (plant food).

Other researchers used historical (real - world) data for land use, atmospheric CO2 concentration, nitrogen deposition, fertilization, ozone levels, rainfall and climate, to develop a computer model that simulates plant growth responses for southern US habitats from 1895 to 2007.

Like other plants, plankton uses the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide for photosynthesis; thus, theoretically, fertilization could have caused the ocean to take larger amounts of CO2 from the air, and entomb it in the ocean.

With my hands - on experience in planting, pruning, fertilization and documented success in maintaining planting areas, I am positive that I am the best candidate for this job.

Certificate in Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI), Certificate to protect children through Food Service Trusted to follow directions preparing delicious meals daily Trained to take responsibility / purchase food in Director's absence Assist with food preparation for Parent Education Weekends Supervise students during meal preparation WV Food handlers permit Greenhouse Preparation of soil for planting, fertilization, tilling, weeding, watering Supervise and instruct both boys and girls work crews in soil preparation.

• Outlined and supervised the manufacturing of equipments for land fertilization, harvesting merchandise and plant and animal disease regulation.