Sentence examples for destructive weed from inspiring English sources

Probably the best-known invasive plant of recent times is purple loosestrife, a pretty but highly destructive weed that can quickly overwhelm wetlands.

Period.--a project that develops microenterprises that enable impoverished women in India and, soon, Kenya, to make biodegradable pads from fast-growing water hyacinth--is turning the enormous problem of a destructive weed that harms fresh water supplies into a three-pronged solution.

The tideflats are also sprayed routinely with glyphosate to control Spartina, a destructive weed.

With its delicate, orchid-like flowers, it's hard to believe that the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), which is grown as a decorative plant in ponds of many English gardens, is one of the world's most destructive weeds.

"When we found out that water hyacinth was absorbent, I would not stop until the concept became a reality to make affordable biodegradable pads from the destructive aquatic weed that destroys water supplies and the fishing industry".

This approach is at best a compromise: running tillers through the soil so frequently is destructive to its tilth, yet weeding a 160-acre block of broccoli by hand is unrealistic.

Alcohol is such a destructive drug that if smoking or eating weed turns out to be a significant substitute for it, the net health effects could be positive.

Green-thinkers laud hemp for its natural resistance to pests and weeds, which makes it less destructive to the environment than cotton.

It is evident from the available literature that weeds are mainly controlled by destructive methods.

In addition, parasitic weeds are among the world's most destructive agricultural pests against which few genetic resistances are available.

Invasive aquatic weeds, popular as decorative items among aquarium enthusiasts, are common online wares and incredibly destructive when they escape.