Sentences with phrase «used by plant»

The carbohydrates produced are stored in or used by the plant.

But it is the network of 1,700 workhorse gene banks worldwide, including Vavilov's Institute and ICARDA, that actually maintain the flow of seeds used by plant breeders to develop new crop varieties.

as the young plants age the macro nutrients listed go down as they are being used by the plant and converted into the other compounds.

The fungi colonize root cells, gaining access to carbon supplied by the plant, while at the same time mobilizing mineral nutrients from the soil, including phosphorus, to be used by the plant.

fertilizer Nitrogen, phosphorus and other plant nutrients added to soil, water or foliage to boost crop growth or to replenish nutrients that were lost earlier as they were used by plant roots or leaves.

One newly recognized form of deception, used by plant - eating insects called leafhoppers, was thought to have a whole different purpose.

They focused on a mustard green called Arabidopsis, the reference organism used by plant biologists in their research.

The class of compounds studied includes those used by some plant pathogens to coordinate their attacks.

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.

I point out that all nutrients used by plants in soil or hydroponics are the same organic chemicals regardless of their physical appearance.

It provides nutrients for plants, energy and nutrients for soil microorganisms that make nutrients available to plants, and promotes a robust soil structure that can better withstand rainfall extremes and hold water for use by plants.

Most often other mechanisms are used by plants and animals to keep gametic isolation and species distinction.

In the most recent (December 2003) issue of Progress in Oceanography, researchers suggest this whopping increase was caused by a sudden influx of dead algae rich in carotenoids, pigments used by some plants for photosynthesis.

Professor Colin Osborne, lead author of the study and Associate Director of the University's Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, said: «Photosynthesis powers most life on Earth because it converts solar energy into sugars which are used by plants to grow.

That makes sense, since the university's new research focus for Biosphere 2 is water: not just rain but runoff, absorption by soil, use by plants, and evaporation.

Here it can be used by plants or evaporate directly, with water loss from both processes combined called evapotranspiration.

Gene silencing is a natural adaptive defense mechanism used by plants against viruses.

Photosynthetically available radiation (PAR) refers to the spectral range (wave band) of solar radiation from 400 - 700 nanometers (the visible wavelengths and the spectrum used by plants for photosynthesis) that is absorbed by the chlorophyll molecule.

For example, carbon dioxide, the dominant form of carbon in the atmosphere and associated with climate change, is used by plants to generate energy via photosynthesis.

Photosynthesis is the process used by plants and organisms to convert light energy into stored chemical energy used to fuel their own needs.

Evolutionarily conserved HK components are used by plants and bacteria to sense and respond to their environments.

greenhouse gas produced by animals during respiration and used by plants during photosynthesis.

Many of these phytonutrients are used by plants as a way to naturally fend off pests.

(In contrast, the nutrients in chemical fertilizers are already in inorganic form and so can immediately be used by the plants.)

It's true, she says, that dogs can't digest cellulose - a single structural carbohydrate used by plants to form things like stalks, seed coats, and vegetable structure - but neither can humans (only some herbivores, such as cows, can).

It is true that like humans, dogs can not digest cellulose — a single structural carbohydrate used by plants to form stalks and seed coats.

The only argument I've seen along those lines is the one that claims that the vast majority of the CO2 humans are emitting is sequestered in soils, oceans, etc, or used by plants, but that «naturally» warmer temps result in the release of sequestered CO2.

CO2 is used by plants in Photosynthesis to produce sugars, carbohydrates etc and believe it or not, Oxygen.

The red light is use by plants.

Seems reasonable to me to turn Los Angeles as white as possible, too, street and road included, except if it is used by plants.

Chemist Dan Nocera is developing ways to derive clean renewable solar energy by replicating basic chemical reactions similar to those used by plants in the process of photosynthesis.

This energy from the sun is being used by plants constantly recycling themselves in birth, growth and decay and in feeding all the non-plant carbon life forms which are also constantly recycling in birth, growth, decay — the energy from the sun is being utilised in work in every aspect of growth and movement within the Carbon Life Cycle — on land and in the sea.

Not exact matches

Or maybe Tim's was inspired by French's Food Company, the New Jersey - based condiment maker owned by Britain's Reckitt Benckiser Group, which got a jump on Heinz last year by making a show of using Canadian tomatoes to make its Canadian ketchup after Heinz shut its plant in Leamington, Ontario.

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.

Pilbara Minerals has announced the biggest capital raising by a Western Australian company for 2016, which it will use to fund development of its Pilgangoora lithium project, while also announcing it will put its new Tabba Tabba plant on ice.

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.

The facilities make large gas turbines and turbine generator sets used by power plants.

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.

The trucks were used to evacuate people during the Boston Marathon bombings, are stationed at nuclear power plants around the world, and are used by the State Department in hostile regions.

To use MOX fuel rods, civilian power plants would have to modify their reactors, requiring lengthy relicensing by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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.

Using a modular plan helps with another aspect of the LIFE plant: what to do with the small amounts of radiation that are generated by the fusion reaction.

That removed any need to pay costly electrical transmission tolls, and allows Enmax to capture heat given off by the plant and use that to heat downtown buildings.

Pat Brown, CEO and founder of plant - based meat company Impossible Foods, wants to end the use of animals in food production by 2035.

Napster paved the way for services like Spotify to thrive, by planting the seed for on - demand listening with its simple, easy - to - use file sharing program more than a decade ago.

Like tobacco, it is usually smoked, not eaten, so any chemicals used on the plant are often inhaled directly into the lungs, and make their way directly into the bloodstream without being metabolized, or broken down, by the digestive system.

The Mettrum discovery was made recently, when a random screening of the company's products by Health Canada turned up the unauthorized use of pyrethrin, a pesticide derived from the chrysanthemum plant that is also not approved for medical cannabis.

About 90 % of the energy generated by the plant is used by Brazil.

Alberta is boosting its use of renewable energy, closing power plants that burn coal and in January increased its tax on carbon emissions by 50 percent.

The FDA's action cuts off a vital supply line for the company, given that the plant reportedly makes about 70 % of the ingredients that Ranbaxy uses to make its U.S. drugs, including the generic version of Lipitor taken by millions of Americans.