Sentences with phrase «over alternative crops»

It is unlikely that crops grown specifically for the production of cellulosic biofuels will be developed in significant quantities as technology gains and bioethanol prices are unlikely to favour production over alternative crops.

Not exact matches

I understand that shade over the crop is not always appropriate — in which case I believe a good alternative would be a mitigation requirement for a contiguous forested patch or ecologically equivalent habitat of the same size as the coffee crop elsewhere on the farm.

However, many alternative treatment programs have cropped up over the years.

Sleeping bags are quickly replacing the cot blanket as a safer and smarter alternative and the 365 Sleepybag is the cream of the crop... The 365 Sleepybag has a long list of features that won me over and is sure to get the tick of approval from even the most discerning parent.»

To see if nonfood plants could be a source of a biofuel the way corn is, researchers followed six alternative crops and farming systems in so - called marginal lands over 20 years, including poplar trees and alfalfa.

Chemical controls are costly and potentially harmful to human and environmental health, so protecting crops like wheat with inherent resistance is the smart alternative, but resistance must be genetically complex, combining several genes, to withstand new mutations of the pathogen over time.