Sentences with phrase «selecting plant varieties»
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Chardonnay is the Gonet's select grape variety comprising 19 hectares planted in 11 different villages.
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«We use certain certified organic products for pests and have tried to lift the nutrition of the plants and select varieties that are more resistant to disease and grow well.»
By selecting the best performing rice plants and using them to breed new rice varieties, rice farmers, and more recently rice breeders, have been changing the genetic composition of rice to generate new and improved rice varieties for thousands of years.
Since the varieties have now been selected, the garden planned, composting in progress, and the soil improved, it is time to germinate the seeds and get the planting started.
If you select seeds from the fattest fruit, or the bushiest plant, you are promoting certain genetic characteristics, but are you creating a new variety?
From a 95 - hectare (235 - acre) vineyard planted with a select mix of grape varieties dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon (60 %), alongside Merlot (32 %), Cabernet Franc (6 %) and Petit Verdot (2 %), Château Montrose produces three wines, each with a distinctive style but with complementary personalities: Château Montrose, La Dame de Montrose and Saint - Estèphe de Montrose.
In 2008, Tscharntke selected nine major strawberry varieties and planted them in an experimental field with plenty of wild bees and domesticated honey bees living nearby.
By selecting those plants with dark green shoulders and crossing them back with the cultivated varieties, they narrowed down the culprit to a region on chromosome 10.
At the time the main concern for plant breeders was pollen movement between different strains of crops — if a variety of sweet corn was contaminated by pollen from a popcorn variety, then the resulting hybrid offspring would produce seeds that were unusable for market purposes or for selecting new varieties.
They selected 18 widely planted varieties, none genetically modified: six each of corn, canola, and soybeans.