Sentences with phrase «plant crops while»

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Planted last November, I've had my eye on this fava crop for a while now.

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.

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.

Every vineyard is planted with winter cover crops intended to hold precious soils in place while their roots host a rich mixture of beneficial micro-organisms that provide nutrition to the vines.

While April is too soon to plant most crops outside in the Chicagoland area, experts say it's the perfect time to plan the garden's layout and prepare the soil to get it conditioned for summer vegetables.

While farmers concentrate on high - carbohydrate crops like rice and potatoes, the mix of wild plants and animals in the diets of surviving hunter - gatherers provides more protein and a bettter balance of other nutrients.

While farming methods vary, traditional manipulated «agroecosystems» generally differ from natural ecosystems in six ways: maintenance at an early successional state, monoculture, crops generally planted in rows, simplification of biodiversity, plough which exposes soil to erosion, use of genetically modified organisms and artificially selected crops meanwhile agroecology tends to minimize the human impact.

As Carrillo explains, some mites prey on other bugs, while some damage plants and crops.

If they're going to fulfill their promise, next - generation transgenics will have to do more than just protect plants from pests or weeds: The race is on to create super crops that will be more fruitful while resisting droughts or floods.

While looking for ways to make tomatoes and other crop plants more productive, BTI Assistant Professor Joyce Van Eck and former postdoctoral scientist Sarika Gupta developed a better method for «transforming» a tomato — a process that involves inserting DNA into the tomato genome and growing a new plant.

British crops are suited to temperatures below 25 °C, while Miscanthus is more characteristic of subtropical plants.

By growing trees, shrubs and other perennial plants among crops in the field, African farmers can revitalize some badly depleted soils while raising food yields

Reisig found that approximately 40 percent of corn growers who used Bt corn would not plant refuge crops in the next growing season, while another 25 percent weren't sure.

While corn and soy don't have close wild relatives in the United States, canola, another widely planted GM crop, does.

While modern research has shown this does increase crop yields, unless the faeces are composted for many months before being added to the fields, it can result in the spread of parasite eggs that can survive in the grown plants.

While the practice of splicing foreign DNA into food crops has become common in corn and soy, few companies or researchers have dared to apply genetic engineering to plants that provide an essential strut of the U.S. economy, trees.

While genetically modified plants, fertilizers and pesticides have made crop yields go a long way, the momentum sparked a couple of decades ago is steadily running out.

However, more atmospheric CO2 is predicted to increase crop biomass and subsequent yields, and reduce water use by allowing plant stomates to open over shorter periods, thus assimilating the same amount of atmospheric CO2 while conserving moisture (Cutforth et al. 2007).

An emerging method, which is kinder to the soils, is the use of roller - crimpers, which roll the plants down and mechanically damage them by crimping them to form a weed - suppressing mat while simultaneously plugging cash - crop seeds through the mat and into the soil.

Dangl's aim is to more effectively combat microbial pathogens and pests that harm crop yield, while simultaneously diminishing the use of chemicals to control plant disease.

And while it's great to buy organic, some of us may be far removed from the idea of sticking our hands in the pesticide - free soil, planting heirloom seeds, watering the crop, and nurturing it to full harvest.

While harvesting, transporting, and preparing the plant for consumer use, oat straw has the potential to be contaminated with other gluten - rich crops.

The average plant crop receives ten applications of pesticides — from planting to storage — while cows generally graze on pasture that is unsprayed.

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.

FThe global industrial food system relies on crops that have been bred primarily for higher yield and ease of transport, while farmers involved in local food systems often place a higher value on plant varietals that are more nutritious by virtue of their variety (i.e., not bred for yield alone) or by their method of production.

While there is a little bit of work involved to get to the results --(if you want the harvest, you have to first plant the crop)-- the best thing about growing your influence through publicity is that so many times one appearance leads to more appearances.

As spring ended, and summer came on, crops were fully planted and money was tight — as September / October arrived, it was always v touch - and - go for a while, but then money started sloshing» round the economy as harvesting was completed.

We want to keep the essential part of farming, such as planting your own crops and watching it grow, while taking out much of the daily routine associated with it to give the player more time to explore the world.

While planting and growing crops is always a bit boring, raising animals is a joy.

The family uses their home - grown crops in the top level kitchen, while the plants keep the air inside fresh and clean.

While many standard garden vegetables can not be planted outside or started from seed until the soil is fully warmed and the threat of frost is past, a variety of other cool season spring crops can be started right now, giving you a jump start on the gardening season and putting food on your plate long before the summer vegetables come in.

But while some of these lands could support bioenergy plants, the opportunity costs of doing so are high in a world that needs at least 70 percent more crops, livestock, and commercial timber by 2050.

Advances in plant science could help increase yields while at the same time reducing the use of fertiliser and pesticides - though the use of genetic modification to generate more suitable crop varieties remains controversial.

Along with the hot summer, annual precipitation for 2003 was as much as 12 inches (300 millimeters) below normal, leaving most of Europe in a drought.21 Damages to the agricultural sector were estimated at more than U.S. $ 16 billion (more than $ 13 billion).3, 21 Many areas saw an increase in wildfires, while low water levels in major rivers led to problems ranging from irrigating crops to cooling power plants.4, 21,22

While 2008 had horrible floods in the midwest, we still produced the second largest corn crop on record, while using less fertilizer than previous years, due to more efficient planting and growing metWhile 2008 had horrible floods in the midwest, we still produced the second largest corn crop on record, while using less fertilizer than previous years, due to more efficient planting and growing metwhile using less fertilizer than previous years, due to more efficient planting and growing methods,

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Strip cropping permits soil moisture to accumulate on the fallowed strips, while the alternating planted strips reduce wind speed and hence erosion on the idled land.

Microbes have the potential to dramatically reduce the need for synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides, while improving crop yields and plant health.

Plant breeding innovation holds enormous promise for helping protect crops against drought and diseases while increasing nutritional value and eliminating allergen.

While these crops do not require regulatory oversight, we do have an important role to play in protecting plant health by evaluating products developed using modern biotechnology.