Sentences with phrase «put plant scientists»

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The scientist then put the plants under red lights in a greenhouse and found the process is slowing down the disease's growth.

However, the scientists note, relying on another species is risky, so how do the plants get away with putting all of their reproductive eggs in a few ant - carried baskets?

The scientists were particularly interested in how we think about plants — where our mind tends to put them in the grand scheme of things.

Scientists studying plant biochemistry at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered new details about biomolecules that put the brakes on oil production.

The two scientists calculated all the fuel inputs for ethanol production — from the diesel fuel for the tractor planting the corn, to the fertilizer put in the field, to the energy needed at the processing plant — and found that ethanol is a net energy - loser.

While opinions differ among scientists over the specific changes global warming will effect, the general consensus is that temperatures will rise 3 - 10 °F statewide by century's end, potentially leading to a drop in rainfall across Southern California; this would put at great risk a variety of animal and plant species that live in the deserts east of Los Angeles.

In a bid to put to rest the food versus fuel debate two scientists from NASA, Jelte Rozema and Timothy Flowers, have pointed out in an article for Science magazine that the work of University of Arizona plant biologist Robert Glenn should be seriously considered.