Sentences with phrase «use of the plants as»

Daniel Cosgrove, president of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, expects that the sequence data will also speed the identification of genes to improve agriculture and the use of plants as energy sources or for cleaning up the environment.

«It is derived from a Chinese plant — sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua)-- and based on Chinese use of that plant as a drug,» he says.

The use of plants as treatments dates to at least 3000 b.c. Today this practice is part of a broader movement known as complementary and alternative medicine.

Based on the use of plants as natural remedies for many day - to - day and chronic illnesses, botanical medicine continues to be the most common therapy used around the globe.

The pro-androgenic effect as shown by this study further supported the traditional use of this plant as an aphrodisiac.

Not exact matches

IFRS allows agricultural firms to use the estimated increase in the value of their biological assets, such as plants, to offset costs when calculating gross margins.

Fulcrum BioEnergy CEO James Macias told Fortune that the company spent a lot of time and effort making sure the North Carolina facility would use the exact same production process as the Nevada plant, showing the factory could run continuously and reliably.

Apple (aapl), for one, has planted a flag in the ground firmly in favor of privacy by default, as demonstrated in their recent battle with the Federal Bureau of Investigation over unlocking an iPhone used by a terrorist.

Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.

It used lifestyle imagery to raise awareness and start conversations by showcasing content featuring a woman's mastectomy scars, as well as a wealthy female entrepreneur managing a greenhouse full of cannabis plants.

And annual operations and management costs can be crippling, as well as highly variable depending on the size of the plant and the systems used to take in water and distribute it to customers.

As such, Carrier can now use that $ 7 million to upgrade the plant, allowing it to fire all but a handful of those workers that Mr. Trump claimed he «saved.»

Farmers are also more likely to use cuttings from their existing trees to plant new ones, which could facilitate the spread of diseases such as swollen shoot virus.

Newer SAGD plants such as Connacher Oil and Gas's Great Divide have managed to nearly eliminate fresh water use — they use non-potable water from aquifers and recycle it — and reduce GHG emissions by about 20 % compared to the industry average through more efficient burning of natural gas, cogeneration of electricity and reduced heat loss on the steam's journey underground.

Martin said Class 2 assessments are used in cases of larger projects, such as the building of a petro - chemical plant or pulp mill.

Not only will they have a dramatic effect on the mood and productivity of your employees, as well as on overall aesthetic impression in your offices, but plant waste can be used as an organic fertilizer.

«We think of it as meat made a better way... Meat today basically is made using pre-historic technology, using animals to turn plants into this very special category of food... But to your typical consumer... the value proposition of meat has nothing to do with its coming from an animal.»

There are cannabinoids and terpenes produced in the trichomes in the tops of the plant that can be used in wide varieties of medical practices, and triterpenoids in the roots that can also be used as herbal medicine.

Hemp belongs to the cannabaceae plant family that contains over 270 species and 11 genera and is often confused with cannabis plants that are uses as a source of the drug, marijuana; however, hemp does not have any psychoactive or drug properties and is often identified as an agricultural crop.

If you need big pieces of machinery for temporary use, such as for an expansion project on an existing physical plant, you can still keep your startup costs down.

Brady said the hope now is that the closure of the plant, which had been not been used to capacity as sales fell, «may bring the opportunity to more fully use the capacity of the plant and bring more jobs.»

Boardwalk has storage in areas where large amounts of facilities are being built that use natural gas such as LNG export facilities, petrochemical plants etc..

The nuclear power plants in use around the world today use fission, or the splitting of heavy atoms such as uranium, to release energy for electricity.

She was actually named after yeast FUNGUS and a plant; Again, I need to do more research, but in order to take a article seriously, you need to address the source first This woman, as educated as she MAY be, (having a degree, and knowing how to use it are two different things) spent her earliest, most developmentally crucial years under the direction of at least one parent who thought NOTHING of saddling their kid with this name.

I think mary jane needs to be legalized not necessarily because of the hypocrisy and that we should have the «freedom» as much as the windfall of cash from growing it, selling it and taxing it, the medicinal properties it can be used for, the huge amount of space available in prisons that would open up and house criminals doing really bad things instead beng caught with a pound of a specific plant.

Many of the NY church - planting successes used as models across the country are paradigms of young urban professionals (Yuppies) that worship together.

But time, like an acid, wore away America's great institutions, «using those great vices of pride, vanity and sensuality as the root to attack all of the strong plants that has so deeply rooted in the American tradition,» he said.

«In Indian agriculture,» said Shiva, «women use up to 150 different species of plants (weeds) as medicine, food or fodder.

A mature rainforest community of plants and animals recycles virtually all materials used as resources.

Some use planting as a way to get out of a bad current ministry job.

Some of the West Beach plant will be converted back to cold storage for apples and half of the new plant will be used as storage for finished goods.

Griffin says no chemicals are used to control the bugs because he added carnivorous plants to his operation that act as the terminator of all pests.

If the reason for using containers is to expand the size of the garden rather than eventually to bring the plants indoors, then size and appearance is not a problem and the gardener can use fairly large containers such as plastic trash cans, wooden boxes or barrels, styrofoam picnic coolers, and the large plastic, fiber, or metal pots used by greenhouses for shrubs and trees.

While not quite as efficient as HID lights, these fluorescents have better color rendering properties (more of the light emitted is used by the plant) and produce much less heat when compared to HID lights.

It makes me feel that the term «vegan» is extremely unfortunate and misleading, because the term does not emphasize or even signify respect for animals or living beings or creatures, as it would benefit from doing, but rather uses a derivative form of «vegetable» or «vegetarian», which makes it sound as if the central point is — eating vegetation, i.e. plants, which makes it sound like a diet.

Horseradish was valued in medieval Europe as a medicinal plant, used for treating all kinds of ailments from infected cuts and intestinal worms to arthritis and chest congestion.

Using a processor makes a plant based diet way more versatile as it really increases the number of things that you can make at home with fresh, natural ingredients.

1/2 cup / 200 ml of brown rice milk (I like brown rice milk as it's naturally really sweet, but you can also use any other kind of plant based milk)

Herbalism is the use of plants (such as leaves, flowers, fruit, seed, stems, wood, bark, roots, rhizomes or other plant parts) to heal and...

Marshmallow probably came first into being as a medicinal substance, since the mucilaginous extracts comes from the root of the marshmallow plant, Althaea officinalis, which were used as a remedy for sore throats.

Out of the Earth ~ Natural Raw Diet for Dogs Many of the commercial dog food companies would have us believe that they actually use human grade meat in the production of their food, when in fact the sources of this «meat» are not even fit for animal consumption.In some areas of North America this list can also include euthanized companion animals from clinics and shelters, roadkill, zoo animals, livestock which die from disease or disability.The «meat» is purchased from a rendering plant which also receives material from slaughterhouses such as hair, feathers, hooves and any part of the mammal which is condemned for human consumtion.

Many of the commercial dog food companies would have us believe that they actually use human grade meat in the production of their food, when in fact the sources of this «meat» are not even fit for animal consumption.In some areas of North America this list can also include euthanized companion animals from clinics and shelters, roadkill, zoo animals, livestock which die from disease or disability.The «meat» is purchased from a rendering plant which also receives material from slaughterhouses such as hair, feathers, hooves and any part of the mammal which is condemned for human consumtion.

Since they're made up of sugars which are water loving or hygroscopic, they are especially good at holding onto water for the plant to use as well.

The new launches continue with the Live Clean standard, using 97 % plant - based formulations from renewable sources, always cruelty - free and made without the use of harsh chemicals such as parabens, sodium lauryl sulfate, phthalates, phosphates and dyes.

An avocado orchard uses twice as much water as a regular forest, and much of that water is diverted from the natural habitat where other plants and animals can use it.

At Rodale Institute, Maggie oversees all horticulture including greenhouse operations, gardens as well as propagation of plants for wholesale, commercial and research use.

Undaunted, the company built a distilled spirits plant in Downey, Calif., and partnered with a China - based engineering firm that custom - built production machinery for the plant, which uses air as its main power source instead of only electricity.

It is thought that some 19th century colonists made use of its bark, possibly as an external liniment, however culinary interest in the flavor components of Australian native plants is a recent 20th century development, which has now become fashionable.

In this interview, Jessica tells us about how much changed for her when she switched to a plant - based diet, from her health to her mindset, as well as about using alone time as a way of dealing with stress, a really fun form of exercise that she does five times a week, the importance of simplicity in skincare, her dream morning routine, and much more.

So, the cows are in a pasture all day feeding, and at the end of the day, whatever is left is turned into compost and used as a conditioner for plant production.»