Sentences with phrase «growth around the plant»

Spinach is a weak competitor and is very susceptible to weeds, so care should be taken to prevent weed growth around the plant.

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According to the Financial Times, Aloquin includes iodoquinol, an antibiotic that has been around for decades that prevents fungal growth, and aloe polysaccharides, an ingredient that comes from the aloe vera plant.

The natural gas plants are necessary partly because of expected load growth, partly because of the intermittent nature of solar power and partly because of the planned retirement of around 3,000 megawatts of generation powered by less efficient coal and oil plants, he said.

GREG WARREN: With coal fired and natural gas plants continuing to generate around two thirds of the nation's electricity and renewables accounting to less than 10 percent, there remains plenty of room for growth.

For instance, Buckley notes, on one computer simulation for 4th graders of plants growing in a greenhouse, kids could move the plants around and identify, based on growth patterns, which were sun - versus shade - loving plants, and which fertilizer application rate proved most effective.

Professor Taylor, who co-ordinated the research, says: «Our findings provide the very first insight into how biochar stimulates plant growth — we now know that cell expansion is stimulated in roots and leaves alike and this appears to be the consequence of a complex signalling network that is focussed around two plant growth hormones.

For example, a lack of iron limits the growth of microscopic plants in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica and elsewhere, a fact that prompted marine biologist John Martin to famously muse: «Give me half a tanker of iron, and I'll give you the next ice age.»

In and around lakes and streams, this influx in nitrates can lead to plant growth out of whack with the local ecosystem's ability to handle it, resulting in oxygen - free «dead zones» devoid of marine and riparian life altogether.

Sweeney measured auxin, a key plant growth hormone, and found more of this gene expressed in neighboring plants when an injured plant was around.

Specifically, oceans and plant growth absorbed only around 540 kilograms per metric ton (1,190 pounds per short ton) of the CO2 produced in 2006, compared with 600 kilograms per metric ton (1,322 pounds per short ton) in 2000.

Some time around 37,000 BCE a massive volcano erupted in the Campanian region of Italy, blanketing much of Europe with ash, stunting plant growth and possibly dooming the Neanderthals.

To stimulate growth, 50 grams of a general purpose fertilizer can be applied to the soil around the pygeum tree a month after planting.

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«Reaching this milestone is a reflection of this plant's commitment to supporting the continued growth of the Jeep brand around the world and playing a role in the comeback of Detroit,» said Curt Towne, Jefferson North Plant Manplant's commitment to supporting the continued growth of the Jeep brand around the world and playing a role in the comeback of Detroit,» said Curt Towne, Jefferson North Plant ManPlant Manager.

In borrowing Magritte's title, Demand alludes to the earlier artist's revolutionary approach to the meaning of representation, connecting Magritte's Surrealism to what Demand describes as «domesticated nature... potted plants, gardens, theme parks and models of wild growth» — the symbolic representations of nature that can be found in cities around the world.

The growth habit of Indeterminates can result in keeping a plant around way past its prime.

His speech today will set a goal of flattening emissions of carbon dioxide from United States power plants sometime around 2020 or so, on the way toward stopping all growth in United States greenhouse - gas emissions by 2025.

This is why the atmosphere around the Earth was first likened to a greenhouse, a real greenhouse which has both heating and cooling to regulate temperatures for optimum plant growth.

Even more for N2O production: Extra growth of plants under extra CO2 produces more food for bacteria around the roots, promoting N2O production from nitrates in the soil.

Atmospheric CO2 is likely to increase to around 640 ppmv *, assuming — There will be no global Kyoto type climate initiatives — Human CO2 emissions increase with human population — Global per capita human fossil fuel use increases by 30 % by 2100 (it increased by 20 % from 1970 to today)-- Population growth is estimated to slow down sharply, with population reaching 10.5 billion by 2100 (* Note that this could be lower by around 60 ppmv if there is a concerted switch to nuclear power instead of coal for new power plants)

(In fact, the Leaf Area Index on the edges of the Sahara is UP in many areas, indicating that — counter-intuitively — warmer climate has actually increased plant growth around the Sahara, not reduced it.)

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