Sentence examples for maize pollen and from inspiring English sources

year B.P., although there is evidence of human presence on the landscape in the form of maize pollen and charcoal.

Mosquitoes are known to feed on maize pollen, and a 2005 study reported an association between intensified maize cultivation and higher malaria transmission in an area of Ethiopia, where a high-yielding variety introduced in the mid-90s replaced more traditional crops such as teff, barley and sorghum.

The common soil arthropod Folsomia candida can survive well when fed only maize pollen and thus may be exposed to insecticidal proteins by ingesting insect-resistant genetically engineered maize pollen containing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins when being released into the soil.

Therefore, in risk assessment, event and species-specific variations should be considered when establishing dose-effect relationships between Bt maize pollen and sensitive species.

In essence the study concludes that systemic residues in maize pollen and in nectar and pollen of oilseed rape (OSR) grown from thiamethoxam-treated seeds constitute a "low risk" for honeybee colonies [2].

For example, the water flea Daphnia magna was exposed to Bt maize pollen and the measurement of "no effects" was judged as "no risk" although the Bt toxin contained in the pollen will not dissolve in the water and Daphnia cannot eat pollen.

Figure 3 Leaf guard cells of the rescued plants derived from the dwarf male sterile wheat induced by maize pollens and control diploid plants.

Sun et al. (1999) obtained homozygote of Taigu genic male sterile wheat plants by chromosome elimination induced by maize pollens, and identified the plants by chromosome constitution.

Figure 2 Chromosome constitution of the rescued plants derived from the dwarf male sterile wheat induced by maize pollens and control diploid plants.

Figure 6 Detection of the rescued plants derived from the dwarf male sterile wheat induced by maize pollens and control diploid plants by molecular market of DF-MR2 for Rht2 gene or Ms2 gene.

However, in Central and Southern Europe, where I. io is bivoltine, Bt-maize pollen and the second generation I. io larvae would coincide, and an increased mortality of the larvae was predicted.