Sentences with phrase «using plant crops»

Ethanol is an alcohol - based alternative fuel made through a distillation and fermentation process using plant crops, like corn.

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The AATF is using genetic engineering to create resistance to the bacteria, but even if a solution is found, not every African country allows GM crops to be planted.

Since its 2013 demonstration as a genome editing tool in Arabidopsis and tobacco — two widely used laboratory plants — CRISPR has been road - tested in crops, including wheat, rice, soybeans, potatoes, sorghum, oranges and tomatoes.

Liska agrees that using some of the residue to make electricity, or planting cover crops, would reduce carbon emissions.

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.

An outside organization would verify their performance on a variety of socially and environmentally responsible practices, ranging from installing solar panels, recycling corks, planting cover crops or reducing use of pesticides.

Flaxseeds are seeds of the flax plant, a fiber crop that is used to make linen fabrics.

The main experiments used to conduct this research are the Farming Systems Trial (FST)- the oldest continuous trial in the US that compares organic and conventional farming systems, the new Vegetable Systems Trial (VST)- comparing the impacts organic and conventional farming practices on nutrient density in vegetables and linkages to soil health, and Integrated Crop - Livestock Systems using annual and perennial crops along with cattle or hogs for soil, plant, and animal health.

Excess carbon dioxide is pulled from the atmosphere to store in plants and soil where it can be harnessed and used for crops.

A lunar calendar is used to study the cosmos before planting and harvesting crops.

Buckwheat bread — nutritious values and recipes Buckwheat is a plant similar to the rice grain and method of use, but much richer in protein and nutrients than other conventional crops.

«Such plants — including breweries, fruit, food waste, agro industries, and energy crops including corn — can easily use this technology to generate energy.

The treated water is used for irrigating crop on about 1,200 acres surrounding the plant.

As a rule of thumb, plant breeders in both public research institutes and private companies use genetic engineering only in the following situations: 1) the gene of interest is not found within the crop gene pool, 2) if found in the gene pool, transfer will be difficult due to incompatibility and other breeding problems or 3) the transfer of the gene will take a long time as in the case of perennial crops like coconut.

Monitoring for pests and diseases; monitoring water use; planting cover crops; and reducing tillage are all associated with significant cost savings.

It is about supporting a system of sustainable agricultural management that promotes soil health and fertility through the use of such methods as crop rotation and cover cropping, which nourish plants, foster species diversity, help combat climate change, prevent damage to valuable water resources, and protect farmers and farmersâ $ ™ families from exposure to harmful chemicals.

As an example of using organic mechanisms to control pests, one of Organic Crop Protectant's products, Eco Oil, attracts natural predators such as lady beetles to attack plant pests such as scale, aphids, mites and leafminers.

Use environmentally — generated plant — killing compounds; rotate crops, till, hand weed or mulch to manage weeds

Organic farmers increase organic matter in soil through the use of cover crops, compost and biologically based soil amendments, producing healthy disease and insect resistant plants.

The newer process of genetic engineering, which involves inserting genes from unrelated species into a plant's genome to add desirable traits, has been used in crops such as corn, soy, and potatoes.

In Green Tour, viewers get a snapshot of what sustainable winegrowing means — from using solar energy and preserving water, to planting cover crops between vine rows for soil health and attracting beneficial insects.

Weevils have attacked the plants in the past, damaging the local crop, but the biggest threats to supply are the lack of large - scale producers (most locals just grow a few plants for their own use) and hurricanes, which dump heavy rains and pack a punch with fierce winds that destroy the fragile plants.

We maintain our own certified planting seed, and personally contracted with «Seedsmen» who have not grown any wheat, rye or barley on their land for the last 2 years and who use their combines for only Gluten Free Oats, LLC or non gluten crops.

A research project funded by the European Union found that the diversity of landscape and farming systems was greater in organic farms, regarding land use types, crops, livestock, plantings (hedges, solitary shrubs, trees) and flora.

We just planted a strawberry patch last year in the back yard so I'm pinning these to use when we start getting a bumper crop.

- Increase investment in research and development of plant - based foods and clean meat; - Clarify that food producers can use compound names such as «soy milk» and other descriptors on food labels; - Include commonsense measures to reform checkoff programs; and - Incentivize the production and consumption of specialty crops and pulses.

Only 10 % of the chemicals and pesticides used in conventional cotton farming lands on the cotton crops, the rest gets into our plants, soil, water, air and eventually back into our systems.

The European Academies Science Advisory Council concurred, stating there «is no validated evidence that GM crops have greater adverse impact on health and the environment than any other technology used in plant breeding».

But changes in land use — draining the water to plant acres of crops that demand drier soil, a common practice in tropical regions, or building a road through an area — can dry out the peat.

These signals determine how the plant regulates water use and growth, which affect crop yields.

Classical plant breeding uses deliberate interbreeding (crossing) of closely or distantly related individuals to produce new crop varieties or lines with desirable properties.

Crop - strangling plants are rapidly becoming immune to the most widely used agricultural herbicide, glyphosate, commonly known as Roundup.

But even better would be biofuels that use cheap, widespread plant matter such as leaves and grasses rather than food crops.

Using computer - generated test crops of dwarf wheat and soybeans, a team led by Federico Maggi at the University of Sydney in Australia simulated how these plants take up nutrients from human...

But biofuels that use cheap, widespread plant matter such as leaves and grasses would be even more attractive than food crops.

For example, if you're a plant geneticist and you're against the widespread use of pesticides, then you shouldn't apply for a postdoc or a job with Monsanto, a company that has a lot of solid projects in its pipeline but also produces Roundup pesticide resistant crops.

In addition to helping farmers check crop health, the new system will be helpful for studying how plants respond to changes in growing conditions and for high - throughput phenotyping, an automated method used in crop research and development to analyze how genetic modifications affect plant characteristics such as leaf size or drought resistance in a large number of plants.

Although relatively new, they have become widely used because they are taken up by all parts of a plant, giving comprehensive protection against crop pests.

But the earliest archaeological evidence for crop cultivation in China is 11,000 years old, suggesting that farming was slow to emerge from ancient traditions of plant use.

Where it would take about 10 years to develop a transgenic crop, it will take twice that time to develop a similar plant using marker assisted breeding.

By using an intensified management system that included increased plant population, transgenic (Bt trait) insect resistance, strobilurin - containing fungicide, balanced crop nutrition (phosphorus - sulfur - zinc), and supplemental side - dressed nitrogen, the researchers saw a yield increase of 28 percent more corn grain compared to that of a standard management system.

For instance, some scientists are using multi-omic analysis to engineer networks that let crop plants thrive with less water.

On a practical level, scientists would like to be able to use lab - propagation techniques on crop plants such as maize that still require normal pollination.

Species distribution or crop - niche modeling is another sophisticated technology that archeologists use to predict where plants and other organisms grew well in the past and where they might be useful today.

For example, the organic matter can be balanced by reduced tillage practices; by double cropping, where two crop varieties are planted in succession in the same growing season; and by the use of cover crops that replenish the soil.

Through reduced tillage in farming — no - till being the prime example — and systems using cover crops and residue, those are major ways agriculture can reduce the emission of greenhouse gases because carbon dioxide is being taken up by the plant materials and stored in the soil.

This signaling pathway could be used to optimize the photosynthetic efficiency of plants subject to water and nutrient deficiencies, with potential applications in agriculture and reactor - based crop development for green chemistry and algae - based biofuel solutions.

The form of phosphate plants can use is in danger of reaching its peak — when supply fails to keep up with demand — in just 30 years, potentially decreasing the rate of crop yield as the as the world population continues to climb and global warming stresses crop yields, which could have damaging effects on the global food supply.

Growers can manage the potential risks linked to extreme rain events and soil degradation by using adaptive strategies such as planting cover crops, using no - till techniques, increasing the biodiversity of grasses and forage and extending crop rotations, Prokopy said.

Heat might be expected to harm a crop (or force farms to move poleward), but added carbon dioxide, which all plants use to make organic matter, might act as a fertilizer.