Sentences with phrase «of edible crops»

In fact, tests by Norman Arancon of the University of Hawaii suggest that application of vermicompost showed significant and repeatable suppression of pythium, verticillium wilt, rhizoctonia solani, powdery mildew, plant parasitic nematodes, cabbage white caterpillars, cucumber beetles, tomato hornworms, mealy bugs, aphids and two - spotted spider mites» damage to a broad range of edible crops.

The next generation of biofuel types move away from the high costs of edible crops and use either grasses or trees.

Not exact matches

From mushrooms that nourish other crops to mass production of edible grasshoppers, Israeli startups are impacting agriculture.

Insects and other animal pollinators are vital to the production of healthy crops for food, fibers, edible oils, medicines, and other products.

This increases the amount of crop used and saves edible produce being ploughed back into the field

By making sauce or mash from the peppers, we will be able to save our crops and also begin to provide edible foodstuffs to the domestic market, which is already showing signs of food shortages.

A gene - edited version of edible Agaricus bisporus mushrooms (unedited mushroom shown) doesn't need to be regulated as a genetically modified crop, agriculture officials say.

These are geographic zones where a distinct range of edible plants were domesticated and developed by early farmers thousands of years ago, to become the food crops we know and love today.

Of more than 10,000 edible plants, three crops — wheat, rice, and corn — provide half the world's calories.

Through crop raiding, a form of human - wildlife conflict, hundreds of thousands of marginalized farmers are losing edible crops to damage from these troublesome animals each year.

From the 16th to 18th centuries, as selective breeding allowed for better yields of «edible carrots,» the differences between the domesticated food crop and its wild counterpart grew, and many of these medicinal uses were abandoned.

With the backing of Monsanto, the FDA, the Canadian government, and health gurus alike, this truly problematic crop was crowned King of Edible Oils by the processed food system.

Vegetables, for their part, refer to any of the edible portions of an herbaceous plant crop, such as its leaves, stems, flowers, bulbs, and roots; for example, spinach is considered a leafy vegetable, while broccoli florets (flowers) and celery stalks are both examples of edible plant parts as well.

Edible grains comprise the majority of global cultivated crops and provide the greatest percentage of consumed calories worldwide, in the form of corn, rice, wild rice, wheat, barley, rye, kamut, spelt, millet, oats, triticale, buckwheat, quinoa, teff, and amaranth.

Companion planting, or grouping complementary plants together in the garden to benefit each other, can be done for a variety of reasons, such as to provide shade or a wind barrier to other plants, or to cover the surface of the soil with edible plants to crowd out weeds, or even to help boost the growth, flavor, or yields of food crops.

Perennial herbs, grasses and shrubs are somewhat better, and trees in a diverse forest or more savannah - like edible forest garden, with trees, shrubs, herbs, vines and ground covers (all of which can provide food and materials as well as benefit each other) ** are even better at preserving soil moisture while also encouraging diverse wildlife and providing high yields of multiple food crops, lumber and other materials.

True, the plantings won't look much like a garden to your traditional horticulturalist (one YouTube commenter said it looked like they were mostly growing weeds), but a closer look suggests this is a planting of edible polycultures that includes squashes and zucchini, radishes, lettuce and a whole host of other crops.

Potatoes are one of the easiest edibles to grow in the garden, and by growing them in buckets you can harvest a potato crop just in even the smallest urban garden.

«Pulse» refers to the dried edible seeds of legume plants, excluding green beans and green peas, which are considered vegetables, and clovers and alfalfa, which are used mainly as cover crops.

This research evaluated the potential for integrated biofilters (IBFs) consisting of a subsurface flow constructed wetlands, a living wall, and living columns to attenuate wastewater pollutants while converting wastewater into a water resource to reduce the temperature of building envelopes and cultivate edible crops.