Sentence examples for harsh soil from inspiring English sources

It was my way of expressing the contrast between the truly pure intentions of those Marines trying to refashion Lebanon into a more decent, democratic polity and the harsh soil that was Lebanon of that day.

What unites these two scenes is the obvious fact, which still bears repeating, that we are trying to plant the seeds of decent, consensual government in some very harsh soil.

There he addressed British and Omani troops on the equally harsh soil of the Arabian peninsula - not far from where the world's most wanted man lived until he found his lethal calling.

To combat the harsh soil environment and seek the appropriate host, A. tumefaciens can sense and be attracted by a large number of chemical compounds released by wounded host.

Evolution likely favored these traits: One discourages predators by dosing them with lethal metals; the other allows flora to adapt to harsh soil.

This tree species is commonly used in reforestation schemes and soil conservation against erosion in the Mediterranean region, and S. collinitus is often used as a beneficial inoculant to help the young trees better survive in typically harsh soil conditions.

With approval of the federal Agriculture Department, researchers hope to begin a controlled field trial at a different reclaimed mine site as early as this autumn, in part to test the tree's adaptability to harsh soils.

Researchers are still working out exactly why these particular plants have evolved in this way to cope in such harsh soils.

Writer talks with Barbara Earnest, a Horticultural Society member in charge, about gardens growing in harsh city soil.

Presidio clarkia, a delicate lavender-pink evening primrose relative, has taken to the harsh mineral soil above the parking lot at Inspiration Point in the Presidio in San Francisco.

Currently, relatively little is known about the physiological traits that allow these bacteria to survive in the harsh Antarctic soil environment.