Sentences with phrase «of soil nutrient»

Stem, root, and older leaf N: P ratios are more responsive indicators of soil nutrient availability than new foliage.

Jonathan Lynch, a plant physiologist at The Pennsylvania State University and another founder of the crops in silico movement, looks at root behavior under a range of soil nutrient conditions.

Fertilizer importers have been advised to partner with researchers to come out with quality to enable farmers get the required amount of soil nutrient to boost crop growth.

However, nutrient deficiency is synonymous with the over-exploitation of soil nutrients in the long run, which consequently leads to a decrease in yield and crop quality.

Although the loss of soil nutrients and moisture threatens roughly a third of the world's land area, imperiling farming and biodiversity, scientists lack a clear definition of it or agreed standards to measure its causes and progression.

Other recent changes in agriculture include hydroponics, plant breeding, hybridization, gene manipulation, better management of soil nutrients, and improved weed control.

«Africa loses an estimated $ 4 billion of soil nutrients yearly, severely eroding its ability to feed itself,» said Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo at the launch of the report in New York city, US, on Thursday.

Other developments in agriculture include hydroponics, plant breeding, hybridization, better management of soil nutrients, and improved weed control.

Huge amounts of soil nutrients arrive in South America every year, a gift from Saharan dust blown across the Atlantic.

With more carbon dioxide in the air, plants grow better in warmer and cooler temperatures and wetter and drier soils, make better use of soil nutrients, and resist diseases and pests better, increasing their fruit production, expanding their range, and greening the earth.

Plant growth in natural systems may be constrained by a shortage of soil nutrients despite the greater availability of carbon dioxide.

Waterlogging, loss of soil nutrients and perished plants are just a few of the damaging side effects from the «Beast from the East», which swept across the UK recently with heavy snowfall and penetrating frosts, according to Wyevale Garden Centres.

Waterlogging, loss of soil nutrients and perished plants are just a few of the damaging side effects from the «Beast from the East», which swept across the UK last week with heavy snowfall and penetrating frosts.

Not exact matches

Beantown Bedding's Laundry - Free Linens are nonwoven, soft, plant - based sheets that the founders say can last up to 40 nights, and then are compostable — meaning you can actually bury the sheets in your backyard and they will breakdown into a pile of nutrient - rich soil.

Andrew Mackenzie, CEO of BHP Billiton, told a conference in Beijing in June last year he expects rising Chinese demand for materials with more consumer uses, such as copper, while greater food consumption could lead to more demand for the soil nutrient potash:

Following the advice of NOAA scientists he had contacted for help, Quenee chose a new location for the trees to continue growing that is rich in soil nutrients, according to Weather.com.

In this way the forest protected the soil, the plants, and the wild animals which, together with fish and shellfish, provided the aborigines with valuable sources of energy and nutrients (Hall, 122 - 124).

As microorganisms in the soil break down the organic material into an inorganic soluble form, a slow release of nutrients is provided over a longer period of time.

The moisture in the soil and the nutrients it held aided the germination and growth process, first as a sapling, and then, to a full plant, till it attained maturity and brought forth a harvest thus witnessing to the miraculous outworking of the power of God.

Such soil is so fertile and full of nutrients you can smell it.

Good, dark, rich soil, well - watered, and full of nutrients.

Good soil is that which has a lot of nutrients in it.

The land is deprived of nutrients and organic matter which is essential for maintaining productive soil - structure.

Yet all the trees are grounded in the same soil, experience the flow of common streams of water and nutrients through the soil, and interact with the same energizing air and sunlight.

Besides moisture, nutrients and pH value (acidity) of the soil need to be right.

Some of these sugars are feed to micro-organisms in the soil who provide water and pant - available nutrients to the green, growing plants.

This grant will aid the FST project in analyzing the nutrient density of both organically and conventionally grown oats, measuring the nutrient density of the soil, analyzing the links between the soil health of the systems and crop nutrition, and disseminating information generated within this project to a broader audience.

Since nutrient - rich quinoa is also drought resistant, and grows well on poor soils without irrigation or fertilizer, it's been designated a «super crop» by the United Nations, for its potential to feed the hungry poor of the world.

Lately, Mr. Ducret has been trying to use a variety of cover crops for nutrient management and improve soil fertility.

Once harvested, our cacao beans are naturally fermented in the fertile soils of Peru at high elevations, limiting moisture and locking in essential nutrients and freshness.

The harsh winters allow for the natural death of organic plant life that returns nutrient rich organic matter to the soil each year.

«If we grow regeneratively, using hemp as part of the rotations and other crops in that rotation, we are able not only to reduce and potentially mitigate climate change, we are able to boost soil health, boost the nutrients within our food, and to help really sustain our fields so that we can be growing food for a very long time for our people,» said Elizabeth Kucinich, Hemp History Week endorser and Rodale Institute board member.

From the data that we have, we see that hemp does have a lot of strong interactions with the biology in soil in enhancing the nutrient content, the fertility of soil and soil structure, which are all very important to enhancing soil health,» said Dr. Kristine Nichols, Chief Scientist of Rodale Institute.

There are plenty of other sustainable forms of food production that still need to be explored, he says, including integrated farming, conservation agriculture and mixed crop and livestock farming, each of which aim to reduce environmental impacts, enhance soil quality and keep nutrient cycles balanced.

Like Temple Turmeric Elixirs, each bottle of the new Super Blends is high - pressure processed, Non-GMO Project Verified, and contains at least 13g of organic Hawaiian Oana Turmeric ™ that is grown by family - owned and - operated farms in the nutrient enriched volcanic soil of Hawaii.

SFC also has used dasheen — a root crop of sugarcane that extracts nutrients from the soil and liquid in which it is placed — in its aquaculture research.

Just the right amount of sunshine, just the right amount of rain, just the right amount of nutrients in the soil and if you carefully combine that with a lot of love and Aloha you might just plant, grow, hand - pick, remove pulp, ferment, dry and roast the best Kona.

As part of the CSO panel we advocated for organic agriculture as a means of farming that increases the resilience of soils to both water stress and nutrient loss and which contributes to combating desertification by preventing soil erosion and land degradation.

«Monocropping of the HYVs exposed the rice plants to various harmful pests while the excessive use of chemical fertilizers have stripped off the soils of its nutrients essential to plant growth,» added Panerio.

The South Pacific coconut oil is drawn from fruit that grows in the shade of towering volcanoes, thus infusing the oil with all the nutrients found in the surrounding volcanic soil.

Developing and demonstrating practical methods of rebuilding natural soil fertility became J.I. Rodale's primary goal when World War II's sudden shortage of nitrogen fertilizer — as it was diverted to making munitions — exposed the natural nutrient poverty of the nation's soil.

As J.I. Rodale communicated the idea of creating soil rich in nutrients and free of contaminants, people began to listen and acceptance grew.

It grows in remote unpolluted hills and valleys of Tibet and Mongolia, in soil so rich in nutrients that the berries are exploding with nutrient rich vitality.

Apart from Tropical Traditions Gold Label coconuts being grown in one of the richest volcanic soil areas of the Philippines, — which makes it a treasure house of natural, healthy mineral nutrients — it is not mass produced.

In poorly managed organic systems, massive external inputs are required on a regular basis to maintain baseline levels of nutrients in soils.

Buying barley grass from nutrient dense soil in a powder form, from a reliable source is a quick way to get a heavy dose of nutrients as easy as: scoop, stir in water, feel revived!

Aquiares emphasise the importance of soil health; organic matter is composted to feed soil microbes and increase organic nutrients.

Composting returns valuable nutrients to the Earth's soil, making the pods a key part of Tayst» ™ s goal of being a zero footprint company, from product to packaging.

She then started «growing fertilizer» by planting avocado trees that provide shade for delicate coffee bushes, organic nutrients for the soil (the fallen leaves that now carpet much of the farm), and extra income for the family when the fruits are in season.

Microorganisms in soil and water are responsible for degrading available sources of nutrients into forms that plants can assimilate.