Sentence examples for crop contributing from inspiring English sources

Banana (Musa acuminata) is a crop contributing to global food security.

Sugarcane is an economically important crop contributing about 80% and 40% to the world sugar and ethanol production, respectively.

Tomato is an important vegetable crop contributing pro-vitamin A and vitamin C to the human diet and providing high economic value to producers.

Although banana (Musa sp). is an important edible crop, contributing towards poverty alleviation and food security, limited transcriptome datasets are available for use in accelerated molecular-based breeding in this genus.

As it was shown that the crop contributed QTLs with either a positive or a negative effect on plant vigour, we hypothesize that genomic regions exist where transgenes could preferentially be located in order to mitigate their persistence in natural populations through genetic hitchhiking.

A 2010 report co-produced by Kew estimates that 80% of our calories come from just 12 species of domesticated plant, while a study published in March in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PNASsuggestssthathalthoughugh the range of crops contributing to each country's food supply has increased over the last 50 years, the bill of fare in each country is becoming more similar.

One study found that 51% of nitrogen load in the Mississippi was from commercial fertilizer, with livestock manure, human sewage and runoff from other crops contributing to the mix.

The floods also caused widespread damage to crops, contributing to food insecurity.

Insects pollinate >70% of our crops, contributing an estimated U.S.$215 billion to the global economy each year (1).

As well as the nuclear genome, the origin and fate of the plastid and mitochondrial genomes are important in hybrid crops, contributing to critical agronomic traits.

According to figures from the Connecticut Fund for the Environment, "nonpoint source pollution" from a combination of engine combustion, septic systems and overfertilization of lawns and crops contributes an estimated 8,500 tons of excess nitrogen yearly to the Sound.