Sentences with phrase «with new plant varieties»

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The company regularly replaces plants with new varieties of fruits and vegetables with improved flavor profiles.
New yogurt drinks provide consumers with a plant - based option in a variety of lower sugar flavors sourced from real fruit
«Rice genetics is all about understanding the genes of rice so that we can develop new and improved rice varieties to help farmers produce more rice, with fewer resources and despite challenges like climate change,» said event convener, Dr. Eero Nissila, head of the Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division at IRRI.
Beyond this, the unique power of GM lies in its ability to incorporate novel genes with useful traits for rice, including genes from plants and organisms unrelated to rice, into new rice varieties that can not be achieved using other breeding methods.
A new study now finds, that backcrossing of the genetically engineered Golden Rice, with the Indian mega rice variety Swarna, leads to morphological changes such as pale green leaves, a reduced plant height and a drastic reduction in yield.
With twice the flavor and nutrients at half the size, this new squash variety, developed by Cornell plant breeder Michael Mazourek with help from Barber himself, is not only adorable, it's the future of prodWith twice the flavor and nutrients at half the size, this new squash variety, developed by Cornell plant breeder Michael Mazourek with help from Barber himself, is not only adorable, it's the future of prodwith help from Barber himself, is not only adorable, it's the future of produce.
Once the plants start producing their peppers, there's another little trick to use to maximize the yields — at least with the pepper varieties that are eaten green, such as jalapeños, serranos and the New Mexican varieties.
Adjacent to Califia Farms» distribution center is a new nut and grain processing facility, enabling experimentation with a variety of plant - based ingredients to further enrich and enhance Califia Farms» beverages.
This niche now features a variety of new plantings to provide the space with year - round sculptural interest, including three large River Birch trees in simple, modern containers, and three large Honey Locust trees throughout the seating area, which will create perfectly dappled shade for guests enjoying their afternoon tea.
I love getting all my plants picked out and planted, experimenting with new varieties and colors and trying out different combinations.
Classical plant breeding uses deliberate interbreeding (crossing) of closely or distantly related individuals to produce new crop varieties or lines with desirable properties.
As global climate change continues, scientists expect more droughts, heat stress and insect pests — creating need for new varieties of agricultural plants with diverse qualities that will let them cope and adapt to quickly changing conditions.
It was largely because of Burbank's extraordinary achievements in food science that the Plant Patent Act of 1930 amended U.S. patent law to provide botanists with a set of financial motivations to create new plant variePlant Patent Act of 1930 amended U.S. patent law to provide botanists with a set of financial motivations to create new plant varieplant varieties.
«These harness the best of organic farming combined with new technologies to better monitor the nutritional status of soils and plants and to recycle waste and with the promise of new wheat varieties able to utilise soil nitrogen more efficiently.»
According to David Mortensen, professor of weed and applied plant ecology, Penn State, synthetic - auxin herbicides are usually used early in the growing season, but with the new transgenic crop varieties coming on the market, these herbicides will be used later when temperatures are warmer and more plant species are leafed out.
The original plant, Heath explains, had defective flowers, which is one reason why it set only two fruits compared with the 30 he gets from his new variety.
The results, published in the academic journal Nature Biotechnology, could pave the way for new varieties of better tasting tomatoes with improved postharvest life through conventional plant breeding.
This research also showed that when compared to old varieties, plants in the new varieties are shorter in height, mature later, lodge less, and have seeds with less protein and greater oil concentration.
Plant breeding is the genetic improvement of the crop in order to develop new varieties with desirable characters (traits)-- higher yield, resistance to diseases, better nutrition (higher micronutrient content).
Chef Jean - Georges Vongerichten, already celebrated for lightening American and Mexican fare with ABC Kitchen and ABC Cocina, joins a growing list of New York City chefs placing vegetables at the forefront of their menu, proving that the richness and variety of plant flavors, texture, and, yes, health benefits, make them worthy of the haute cuisine treatment.
The new 2011 Volvo S60 will be available with a variety of diesel and gas burning power plants spanning the range from an economical 115 HP DRIVe version to a high performance T6 turbocharged mill producing a maximum output of 304 HP and 324.5 lb - ft of torque, the S60 can sprint from 0 to 60 MPH in just 6.5 seconds and reach a top speed limited to 155 MPH.
The standard all - wheel drive system works with the vehicle's 240 - hp turbocharged four - cylinder engine, nine - speed automatic transmission and Terrain Response ® system to ensure the Range Rover Evoque Convertible retains its capability in a variety of conditions, on - and off - road, in all seasons.4 The new Range Rover Evoque Convertible will be produced at the Land Rover Halewood plant in the UK, alongside the five door and coupe body styles, and goes on sale from mid-2016 in more than 170 markets worldwide.
The river has class II and II rapids with charming curves river, Waterfalls, Stone Gap will be giving new inspiration and unforgettable adventure and know better the authenticity of Pakerisan river with variety of tropical plant life as World Heritage Site, which is a UNESCO conservation project.
Additionally, Putrid Piranhas and Frost Piranhas return from Paper Mario, along with a new, powerful variety, simply called Piranha Plant.
Your forest friends will also reward you with shop tickets so you can buy new plant varieties to expand your garden.
For Lismore, Rashid is making a group of new sculptures employing his minimalist three - dimensional steel black grids, which will house a variety of objects including busts painted to resemble shea butter, and will act as a living greenhouse as plants in the gardens begin to intertwine with the sculpture over the summer months.
With 9 billion people to feed by 2050 and with crops facing increased stress from rising temperatures and drought, plant breeders must marshal all of the available crop diversity to continuously develop new varieties of wheat, maize, rice, and other foWith 9 billion people to feed by 2050 and with crops facing increased stress from rising temperatures and drought, plant breeders must marshal all of the available crop diversity to continuously develop new varieties of wheat, maize, rice, and other fowith crops facing increased stress from rising temperatures and drought, plant breeders must marshal all of the available crop diversity to continuously develop new varieties of wheat, maize, rice, and other foods.
As the European Wind Energy Association put it in its new «Powering Europe» report, «The grid plays a crucial role in aggregating the various wind power plant outputs installed at a variety of geographical locations, with different weather patterns.
Myhrvold has long been interested in climate change, and for the new study he teamed up with climate researcher Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Stanford, California, to compare a variety of alternatives to coal - fired power plants.
With the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Tricia has managed a wide variety of dockets including new generation and transmission need determinations, transmission and pipeline route permits, wind and power plant site permits, thermal and renewable power purchase agreements, utility resource acquisitions, resource planning, and externality costs of power generation.
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