Sentence examples for kill plant from inspiring English sources

Barnase acts to kill plant cells that have become infected by fungal pathogens; this activity limits the spread of disease.

And unlike conventional farming, which decimates soil life with toxic synthetic chemicals designed to kill plant and insect life, organic farming techniques improve the soil's ability to absorb and hold water.

Necrotrophic pathogens such as D. dadantii, on the other hand, kill plant cells upon tissue colonization by producing toxic proteins or plant cell wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs), including pectinases [15] [18].

As noted above, a unifying aspect of these results is the fact that the plants with expression of anti-apoptotic genes are all resistant to necrotrophic pathogens, which kill plant cells and use the plant as a nutrient source for growth, colonization, and reproduction.

Throughout WBD, M. perniciosa produces proteins with the potential to kill plant cells, thereby releasing their contents, which are absorbed by the fungus during its saprotrophic stage.

Stemphylium is a necrotrophic pathogen that infects leaves, then produces non-host-specific compounds that kill plant tissue, which it can then colonize and use for reproduction (Mehta and Brogin 2000; Zheng et al. 2009).

One of the most notable oddities in D2 is that the character you lead through the snow to kill plant-people is less interesting than everyone she meets.

They kill plants and frighten animals; riders leave garbage behind and in general have little regard for nature.

With the exception of lightning, which may cause death of trees and succulent crop plants in limited areas, such injury does not usually kill plants.

Layered more than 2 to 3 inches deep, fine-grade mulch can turn sour, creating a toxic anaerobic condition that could kill plants.

Volcanoes kill plants and animals for miles around; supervolcanoes threaten whole species with extinction by changing the climate across the entire planet.