Sentence examples for kills plants from inspiring English sources

One disease, banana bunchy top virus, stunts and kills plants.

Controlled burning spreads toxic materials and kills plants that retard erosion, thus hurting the very lands we're trying to protect.

Glyphosate, which Monsanto introduced as an herbicide in 1974 and is widely used in growing food crops, has been promoted for years as a chemical that kills plants by targeting an enzyme that is not found in people or pets.

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

Mr. Mesnard and Mr. Sealy described a waxy dust that settled over their yards, killing plants and fish.

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.

Abbassian warned prices could rise higher still, amid fears of droughts in Argentina and floods in Australia and cold weather killing plants in the northern hemisphere.

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

But last year, a mirrored skyscraper went up nearby, reflecting glare into the building, killing plants in the garden and looming into view of the Skyspace.

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK--The YORK--The YORK--Theminearum can devastate a wheat crop, killing plants and contaminating the survivors with a toxin that sickens humans and animals.