Sentence examples for clean seeds from inspiring English sources
"How to clean seeds, where some of the things were, how to package things, how to get them back into the country, how to identify them," said Mr. Fairey, who had no formal training as a botanist or gardener.
The spread of the pathogen can be somewhat controlled by using clean seeds and removing infected plant tissues from the area, though the most effective management strategy is to plant resistant varieties.
The International Potato Center is trying to help poor countries produce their own clean seed potato lines.
Despite the obvious benefits of converting to clean seed, it has still not become common practice.
But by using clean seed bred through biotechnology, they can obtain improved yields.
Harvested seed was analysed for percentages of clean seed in the harvested material, seed loss and immature seeds harvested.
International agricultural companies cultivate and export germ-free "clean seed" potatoes that are much more productive, but these are expensive.
Machines have been developed to separate and clean seed, based on size, specific gravity, and surface characteristics.
Clean seed is certified disease-free, and so removes much of the risk from using seeds from crops with a history of disease.
Potato leafroll virus in potato is best managed by developing clean seed stocks and producing certified seed potatoes with a disease incidence of less than 1%.
