Sentences with phrase «grass family crops»
This element, extracted from the soil, is essential for the rigidity of the leaves and stems of grass family crops such as maize, enabling them to defend against pests.
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The research will also aid scientists working with other «cereal crops,» including rice, wheat, rye, maize, millet, sorghum, oats and even turfgrass, which like the other food crops, is in the grass family, Close said.
As part of the crop family of Cyperaceae, as well as a perennial crop related to cyprus grass, the starchy tuber is a staple in the diets of those living in North Africa and Spain, while it is also known for being used to embalm the bodies of ancient Egyptian Pharaohs.