Sentences with phrase «weed host plants»

MSV is transmitted amongst maize and other weed host plants by small insects called leafhoppers.

Not exact matches

The second, published in November 2016 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, presented the discovery that parasitic weeds may be able to steal genes from their prey and then use those genes against the host plant.
«Dodder seems to turn on the expression of these microRNAs when it comes into contact with the host plant,» said James H. Westwood, professor of plant pathology, physiology, and weed science at Virginia Tech and another author of the paper.
I grow a lot of our own food and on any given day need to move from weeding and planting (so getting my knees very muddy), hosting drop by visitors, chasing hawks away from my chickens, nursing a demanding baby, harvesting from the garden to make dinner, etc, etc..
Habitat Restoration at Creekside Marsh - Hosted by Marin County Parks and One Tam May 19, 2018 9 am - Noon Location: Mount Tamalpais Come join this community - based effort to install a diversity of native plants and improve animal habitat at a site once dominated by weeds!
True, the plantings won't look much like a garden to your traditional horticulturalist (one YouTube commenter said it looked like they were mostly growing weeds), but a closer look suggests this is a planting of edible polycultures that includes squashes and zucchini, radishes, lettuce and a whole host of other crops.
As I've stated before, think of the most pesky plant you've ever had to deal with — a weed that never seemed to go away, that caused a host of problems in your garden, and if you could blow it up off the face of the planet, you would.
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