Sentences with phrase «key chemical plant»

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Garlic mustard's weapon, Klironomos finds, is a chemical that kills the soil fungi that help many plants, including woody trees, obtain key nutrients.

They give plants their green color, convert sunlight to sugars, and carry out a variety of other key chemical processes; they even have their own DNA.

New research from a team led by Wolf Frommer, director of the Plant Biology Department, Carnegie Institution for Science in Stanford, in collaboration with the Carter lab in Minnesota and the Baldwin lab at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, now identified key components of the sugar synthesis and secretion mechanisms.

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena (Germany) and their colleagues from Stanford and Duluth (USA) have identified the sugar transporter that plays a key role in plants» nectar production.

A closer look at how honey bee colonies determine which larvae will serve as workers and which will become queens reveals that a plant chemical, p - coumaric acid, plays a key role in the bees» developmental fate.

The work, led by Dr Jurriaan Ton and Dr Estrella Luna at the University of Sheffield, has identified the key receptor binding a chemical called BABA (β - aminobutyric acid) which is boosting plant immunity.

Plants are major contributors to the chemical weathering of continental rocks, a key process in the carbon cycle that regulates Earth's atmosphere and climate over millions of years.

We eat the plants, and the animals that feed on them, obtaining this chemical energy through the consumption of three key macronutrients — carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.

Flanked by 10 major refineries — including the nation's largest — and dozens of chemical manufacturing plants, the Ship Channel is a crucial transportation route for crude oil and other key products, such as plastics and pesticides.

Oversaw fertilizer chemical production process at company's production facility, monitoring key components of processes for safety and quality assurance, as well as oversight of plant employees and stage production managers.