Sentence examples for insect protection from inspiring English sources

An insect protection gene will not make a poor variety a high yielder any more than spiffy shoes will turn a slow runner into Usain Bolt.

Syngenta, based in Switzerland, continued to pursue its contention in a trial that began yesterday in federal court in Wilmington, Del., that units of the Dow Chemical Company and the Monsanto Company were violating patents on its insect protection products.

Some ICP genes have been used for bioengineered crop protection, resulting in transgenic crop plants with excellent insect protection.

The most widely grown GM crops contain gene/s for targeted insect protection, herbicide tolerance, or both.

The US Environmental Protection Agency EPAA) has mandated an Insect Resistance Management IRMM) program that attempts to preserve the benefits of insect protection from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton.

A genetically modified organism (GMO) is defined as a living organism whose genome has been modified by the introduction of an exogenous gene able to express an additional protein that confers new characteristics, such as enhancement of the nutritional properties, herbicide resistance or insect protection.

Practices required for a vegetable crop growing in the field include cultivation; irrigation; application of fertilizers; control of weeds, diseases, and insects; protection against frost; and the application of growth regulators if necessary.

In the European beewolf-Streptomyces association, the insect achieves protection through individual bacteria species secreting a mixture of antibiotic compounds [31].

The plant was swarming with ants, as ants and acacias constitute a well-known example of mutualism — the insects provide protection for the plant and in return the acacia produces nutritious leaf tips for the ants to eat.

The cuticular exoskeleton provides insects with protection against physical injury and infection, rigidity for muscle attachment and mechanical support and flexibility for joint movement.

Serine peptidase inhibitors function in insect hemolymph for protection from infection by pathogens or parasites [ 37].