The word "legumes" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a type of plant which has edible seeds - such as beans, peas, and lentils - in its seed pods. For example, "Eating more legumes can be a great way to add extra plant-based protein to your diet."
As far as the eye can see, a cornucopia of organic wheat, cereals, sunflowers, pulses and legumes has been turned into a vista of emptiness.
Sanogo has also been teaching women to cook sorghum and millet grains with protein-rich legumes like cowpea.
Instead of weeding, organic growers encourage weed- killing legumes to grow around the trees, giving them an untidy look.
But it is brimming with curious titbits: the use of cocoa beans as currency; the accidental domestication of rye, oats and various legumes after they hitched a ride with wheat and barley; Coca-Cola's origins as a health tonic.
Neither a break crop of legumes, nor manure was the answer, since both demanded precious acres to produce.
Embrapa scientists also bred varieties of rhizobium, a bacterium that helps fix nitrogen in legumes and which works especially well in the soil of the cerrado, reducing the need for fertilisers.So although it is true Brazil has a lot of spare farmland, it did not just have it hanging around, waiting to be ploughed.
Mr Moore has found that bathing the genetic material with a substance called okadaic acid (a toxin that occurs in mussels) enables Ph1 to be switched on and off.Built-in GrowmoreAt the same time Mr Moore's colleague, Giles Oldroyd, is investigating how some plants, such as legumes (peas and beans), make their own fertiliser, in the hope of transferring this trait to cereals.
In Africa fibre-rich meals of millet, legumes and other vegetables (enlivened by the occasional termite) fostered a diverse mix of bacteria.
Mixing a few legumes between crops may not seem like a big deal, but his Japanese buyers are willing to pay a premium for purity and for knowing exactly where their food came from.
Demand for American agricultural products dried up in Asia while, in Europe, consumers began to object to genetically modified American legumes and grains.
They feed on some 300 species of plant, including figs, mulberries, corn, citrus fruits as well as soybeans, legumes and weeds.
