Sentences with phrase «small number of plants»

These licenses are VERY difficult to get so many just go ahead and grow a small number of plants in their basement.

A small number of plants have been producing biodiesel from waste oils using existing technologies.

Adaptogens are a small number of plants from around the world with the ability to help the body restore balance and resist disease.

This domino effect is a particular threat to animal species that only interact with a small number of plant species, since they are more sensitive to climate change than generalists.

Currently Europe's crop production is highly specialized in only a small number of plant species, to the detriment of the environment.

Not exact matches

Capacity to adapt: Finally, planthoppers can rapidly overcome resistant rice varieties, especially where planthopper densities are high and when a small number of varieties are widely planted.

The habanero relatives that we have collected and planted over the years are but a small fraction of the total number of pod types in the species.

Standard forms of CRISPR gene drives, as the tools are called, can make tweaked DNA race through a population so easily that a small number of stray animals or plants could spread it to new territory, predicts a...

Standard forms of CRISPR gene drives, as the tools are called, can make tweaked DNA race through a population so easily that a small number of stray animals or plants could spread it to new territory, predicts a computer simulation released November 16 at bioRxiv.org.

Most treatment plants, Weber explains, gorge a relatively small number of sludge bacteria with all the liquid waste they can eat.

Early on, I realized that specializing in plant systems might narrow my chances for future employment because of the relatively smaller number of academic positions and biotechnology companies devoted to plant research.

One of the challenges the researchers faced in compiling these numbers is that countries define «small» hydropower plants differently.

A small number of sewage plants are removing phosphorous and nitrogen, which can be sold as fertilizer.

Kristen Marhaver, who began this work while she was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California at Merced, USA, said: «Now that we've successfully reared juvenile Pillar Corals in the lab, not only can we study them in more detail to find out what factors could be threatening their survival in the wild, but it also means that we can try to out - plant a small number back to the reef.

«We found that the warming increased the number of species in plots that were grazed, because it enabled small tundra plants to appear and grow there.

Although total numbers of trade posts are relatively small, the high proportion of wild collected orchids for sale supports calls for better monitoring of social media for trade in wild collected plants and other traded wildlife.

MDs, PharmDs, and even fewer PhDs occupy only a small number of scientific positions in these large production plants.

«These plants can be present in small numbers for years before spreading as a result of genetic adaptation.

We can build up numbers of meat ants beside waterbodies at the critical times when small toads are emerging — either by laying out baits to attract the ants to the right spots, or by planting trees that the ants like to build their nests beside.

I searched the site and I can only find a relatively small number of references to a plant based diet:

Conversely, the very small number of people who are sensitive to the cassava plant itself are more likely to have a latex allergy too.

Blueberries are among a small number of foods that contain measurable amounts of oxalic acid, a naturally - occurring substances found in plants, animals, and human beings.

Leading on from this is a new meadow lawn area and ecological planting was established around the existing trees and a number of enclosed seating areas have been set into the natural planting to encourage quieter contemplation and conversation between small groups of children.

General Motors plans to idle the plant where it assembles the Chevrolet Volt plug - in hybrid for four weeks starting next month to retool for production of the all - new 2014 Impala and a small number of...

A Green Diet The natural diet for almost all small pets other than ferrets would include some fresh plants, and increasing numbers of pet retailers are selling fresh sprouts of wheatgrass to fill this need.

A Green Diet The natural diet for almost all small pets would include some fresh plants, and increasing numbers of pet retailers are selling fresh sprouts of wheatgrass.

The order is a cosmopolite (plants found throughout most of the world including desert and frigid zones), and includes mostly herbaceous species, although a small number of trees (such as the giant Lobelia and the giant Senecio) and shrubs are also present.

This is only a small fraction of the power plants expected to be built between now and 2030, so I conclude that there is only enough U235 for once - thru processing to make a quite modest contribution to energy needs, and then only if one goes with the «prognosticated» and «speculative» no - cost numbers from the IEA.

Consequently, development in the 1002 Area would require a large number of small production sites spread over a large region, and connected by an infrastructure of roads, pipelines, power plants, processing facilities, loading docks, dormatories, airstrips, gravel pits, utility lines and landfills.

According to our analysis of southeastern Florida, 37 of 222 major substations and two small power plants in the mapped region could be exposed to flooding from a major storm today; the number of exposed substations more than doubles by 2050 and more than triples by 2070 as sea level rise drives storm surge higher and farther inland.

The emissions in urban areas are found to improve across all pollutants and regions as the emission sources shift from million of tailpipes to a small number of large power plants in less - populated areas.

Scientists have considered a number of theories: small differences in solar radiation; volcanic eruptions that spewed sun - blocking ash and gases into the atmosphere; or pollution from factories, power plants, and tailpipes, particularly in Asia.

The plantings, beginning in spring 2014, will be a mix of native species to recreate the natural habitat, including predominantly tamarack, white spruce, black spruce, and with smaller numbers of jack pine, red oak and red maple.

A number of countries are heavily invested in fossil fuel electricity, and a smaller number of countries, from China to Germany, are adding coal plants at a rapid rate, and will likely be reluctant to let expensive capital investments go unused.

The problem of serial design - switching is compounded by the vanishingly small number of nuclear plants being built.

Preferred habitat: edges of forests, lowland areas, fields, thickets; requires deep, moist, but well - drained bottomlands + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: evergreen + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay loam, well drained + + + + Light conditions: partial shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 8 to 15 feet + + + + Wildlife value: Seeds attract American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Bluebird, Mickingbird; it is a butterfly nectar and larval food plant + + + + Note: plant will reseed itself prolifically with the help of robins; do not be surprised if a small number of your cherry laurel population die during changing climatic condiPlant spacing: 8 to 15 feet + + + + Wildlife value: Seeds attract American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Bluebird, Mickingbird; it is a butterfly nectar and larval food plant + + + + Note: plant will reseed itself prolifically with the help of robins; do not be surprised if a small number of your cherry laurel population die during changing climatic condiplant + + + + Note: plant will reseed itself prolifically with the help of robins; do not be surprised if a small number of your cherry laurel population die during changing climatic condiplant will reseed itself prolifically with the help of robins; do not be surprised if a small number of your cherry laurel population die during changing climatic conditions

And if the evolutionary approach does lower the risk of a given small modular reactor, who can say whether reduced risks in individual power plants are outweighed by an overall global risk of dispersing a much greater number of nuclear reactors across the planet?

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