Sentences with phrase «n't plant crops»

Don't plant crops late in the season when you won't have time to harvest them.

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The AATF is using genetic engineering to create resistance to the bacteria, but even if a solution is found, not every African country allows GM crops to be planted.

Well before modern genetic engineering technology was around, humans found ways to tweak the DNA of plants by zapping it with chemicals or radiation — resulting in crops that are not considered GMOs.

That doesn't include the ancillary businesses that supply goods and services to the industry, such as Agrana Fruit, which opened a $ 50 million plant in Lysander in 2014 and sources crops from local fruit farmers.

At the center of the agency's decision not to subject the new crop to its rules is the fact that the CRISPR - edited crops don't contain any «introduced genetic material» or foreign DNA, and so would not be a threat to other plants.

Hemp belongs to the cannabaceae plant family that contains over 270 species and 11 genera and is often confused with cannabis plants that are uses as a source of the drug, marijuana; however, hemp does not have any psychoactive or drug properties and is often identified as an agricultural crop.

Actually food for several years, since having salt water flood the earth would have caused the death of almost every plant that most of those animals could have eaten as well as damage the earth so the crops wouldn't have been able to come back for years.

The expansive, bright green countryside dotted with farmhouses and lush crops planted in neat rows which surrounds the Zambian capital certainly don't scream «We have a water problem» to the...

The expansive, bright green countryside dotted with farmhouses and lush crops planted in neat rows which surrounds the Zambian capital certainly don't scream «We have a water problem» to the casual visitor.

don't plant different crops next to each other, it is abomination.

The foursome not only kept everything going but were able to plant spring crops and dig a small but functional root cellar.

With an ideal geographic allocation close to the equator, high peaks and volcanic soils, the tea plant is thriving in Indonesia, but is not profitable enough compared to other cash crops.

Indoor and vertical farming requires less space than traditional field crops and can bring plants to areas they may not normally be.

As a rule of thumb, plant breeders in both public research institutes and private companies use genetic engineering only in the following situations: 1) the gene of interest is not found within the crop gene pool, 2) if found in the gene pool, transfer will be difficult due to incompatibility and other breeding problems or 3) the transfer of the gene will take a long time as in the case of perennial crops like coconut.

While creamers have not reached quite this degree of novelty, the fact that the current crop of plant - based creamers are line extensions of plant - based milk beverages is of critical significance.

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Once again family legend appears to be an undocumented recollection, for Edmund could not have grown a crop in 1863 before fleeing to Texas whereupon after returning to Louisiana in April of 1865, in an unsuccessful attempt to revive his banking career, he then planted seeds given to him upon his return.

While our organization has branched out (pun intended) since its founding 30 years ago to protect temperate forests (such as those in the Appalachian mountains), and tropical forests in Africa and Asia, our first efforts were focused on the rainforests of Latin America, working with farmers and foresters there to improve their lives and livelihoods so they wouldn't have to clear trees to plant crops or sell timber.

We maintain our own certified planting seed, and personally contracted with «Seedsmen» who have not grown any wheat, rye or barley on their land for the last 2 years and who use their combines for only Gluten Free Oats, LLC or non gluten crops.

Utilizing more of this delicious crop that nature has provided, is not only better for the planet, but ensures that we are working toward a future where we can provide organic, plant - based nourishment and not waste a single bit of these tasty coconuts.

I can not say for sure if I think my crop yield was worth all of my time, money, effort, worries, and love I put into those plants.

When you plant seeds you don't get the crop tomorrow, you get it over time with careful attention to the plants.

They make up a third of the nation's cash crop receipts — 50 percent of receipts if floriculture and greenhouse plant sales are counted — and, until now, they haven't drawn much federal money or attention.

Our breast milk could not have evolved to be the perfect complement to all traditional diets around the world — these could range from plants, insects, game meat, grain crops, seal blubber, fish — you get the picture.

A 2014 report to the UK Council for Science and Technology, for instance, concluded that «it is not appropriate to have a regulatory framework that is based on the premise that GM crops are more hazardous than crop varieties produced by conventional plant breeding», citing two decades of extensive studies that have not revealed significant risks to human, animal or environmental health.

Genetically modified crops are plants in which genes are altered in the laboratory to make them perform in a very specific way, such as not being harmed by certain herbicides.

Lane and his colleagues found that both farmers who have been involved in GM crop trials and those who have not, regard GM as a simple extension of previous plant breeding techniques, such as those which have produced today's established crop types.

A larger chemical arsenal alone will not solve the problem, but in combination with traditional weed management, such as tilling and crop rotation, it should make it harder for unwanted plants to evolve resistance.

«Not only are these insects vital as pollinators of crops and wild plants, but they also provide food for many birds and mammals,» said joint lead researcher Dr Ros Shaw, also of the University of Exeter.

Crops and weeds from this plant family, which includes tobacco, produce chemicals such as nicotine that deter feeding by most insects, but not M. sexta, which makes its physiology especially interesting to scientists.

For example, if you're a plant geneticist and you're against the widespread use of pesticides, then you shouldn't apply for a postdoc or a job with Monsanto, a company that has a lot of solid projects in its pipeline but also produces Roundup pesticide resistant crops.

Inmates who care for crops and plants in prison - yard gardens not only cultivate new skills and learn to work cooperatively — they also gain an increased awareness of and respect for nature

These parasites can not grow without infecting a host plant, and are responsible for some of the greatest destructions of crops in human history.

As a result, farmers planting non-GM crops benefit from fewer pests, but don't have to pay the higher prices for the GM seeds.

Although North America isn't known as a hotspot for crop plant diversity, the inventory uncovered nearly 4,600 CWR in the United States, including close relatives of globally important food crops such as sunflower, bean, sweet potato, and strawberry.

Biologists knew that wild pollinators matter to wild plants as well as to certain crops such as blueberries, but not to commercial agriculture as a whole.

And when forests are cleared to grow bioenergy crops, sure there is plant growth that takes up carbon, but that comes at the expense of not having ongoing forest growth that does the same and after losing much of the stored carbon in the forests.

But because the fungus can't survive winter without a host plant, it's not much of a threat to Midwest crops under current conditions.

Ridgwell's model suggests that crop yields would not suffer if farmers preferentially planted high - albedo varieties.

Higher frequency of extreme weather conditions makes it more difficult not only to predict harvests but also to breed crop plants that can better cope with future climate.

It can even be mixed with seed when crops are planted, so farmers do not have to go back over their fields later to fertilize them.

The science may be there, but the money isn't Traditionally, plant breeders scan fields in search of favorable traits in crops and collect seeds of the best varieties to save.

The obstacle to the other crops being adopted is that there just hasn't been enough plant breeding done to sufficiently improve perennial wheat and sorghum and test them in farmers» fields.

«Farmers don't have to plow up the field every year to plant new crops, and they're good for a decade or longer.»

The resulting improvement in soil fertility may have allowed the land to support a larger, more stable crop - based population, although studies of fossilized pollen have not yet revealed the specific plants they cultivated.

Phosphorus seeps into soils primarily by way of fertilizer and manure, and what crops and other plants don't use to grow then leaks into waterways with rain and snowmelt runoff.

If expressed genes are identified in a fungus but not in another, they serve as markers that will allow to apply the appropriate treatment in these crops, says Dr. Elsa Gongora Castillo, plant biotechnologist who works at North Carolina State University.

«This is not about using half the water for no reason, but rather studying the water status of the plants and, knowing their needs, watering the crop in the right way and at the best time,» explains the Agroforestry Sciences teacher Mireia Corell.

«Interestingly, Arabidopsis isn't the only plant to have this gene, it is also found in nearly all other organisms, which suggests that our findings can be explored in crops.»

In order to characterize the biological properties of soil treated with biochar, the team incorporated torrefied plant residual biomass from the biodiesel crop Jatropha curcas into aridisol, a type of soil found in arid regions such as Botswana, and compared several soil properties with samples that had not been treated.