Sentences with phrase «salty soil»

It is a plant that grows in salty soil in shallow water along the shore.

The region is dotted with scattered lakes and filled with salty soils and frozen permafrost.

It is a plant that grows in salty soil in shallow water along the shore.

It's a protein - packed fruit that can grow in the ever - saltier soils climate change is bringing — could breadfruit feed the world?

But if winds were to carry salty soil particles to the ice cap, they might gradually sink to form a briny bed, kept liquid by the planet's warmth.

On salty soils the hybrid wheat performed better than ordinary durum: it had lower leaf sodium and produced 24 per cent more grain.

The white mangrove has adapted to living in wet, salty soils by excreting excess salt through pores at the base of each leaf.

IRRI has released 230 improved rice varieties that produce more grain, are pest resistant, and tolerant of the effects of climate change such as flooding, drought, and salty soil.

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has recently announced a number of discoveries that have already resulted in the development of rice varieties that tolerate flood, drought and salty soils.

He specifically cited IRRI's «climate - smart» collection — rice varieties that can withstand and survive flooding, drought, and salty soil — that were developed and disseminated under the Philippines - IRRI partnership.

These new and improved rice varieties, developed by the International Rice Research Institute, can withstand flooding, drought, and salty soil.

FOR the first time, a single strain of genetically modified rice has been made that handles drought, salty soils and lack of fertiliser.

As discoveries on Mars, including warm spells and salty soil, raise the chances of finding life there, scientists are considering how best to look for it within their budget.

Scientists recently discovered remnants of freshwater plants and animals buried in the sediment of the desert's salt flats: the large stretches of dry, salty soil that pepper the Atacama Desert.

These varieties, tolerant of flood, drought, and salty soil, were among the products of IRRI's research partnership with the country's Departments of Agriculture (DoA) and Agricultural Research (DAR), and international NGOs.

Salt buildup from years of continual irrigation is a widespread problem for farmers; most plants will not grow in salty soils and finding a gene that provides salt tolerance would allow the land to become fruitful.

The tunnels» constant atmospheric conditions, combined with the salty soil and absence of sunlight, preserved the bodies of people who met their deaths below the surface.

This is how they have adapted to living in salty soils and ridding themselves of excess salt.

The genetic and technical capacity is clearly emerging to make new leaps in productivity, including in parched or salty soils.

halophyte species a plant (as saltbush or sea lavender) that grows in salty soil and usually has a physiological resemblance to a true xerophyte

And the salty soil near roadways can kill trees and other plants.