Sentence examples for medium for plants from inspiring English sources

As a root medium for plants, earth must be understood as soil.

The goal of this study was solely to determine soil productivity, i.e., the capacity of soil to supply nutrients, water, and rooting medium for plants, in a comparative manner and not to assess the effects of management differences other than nutrient supply.

The half-strength Murashige and Skoog growth medium for plants was obtained from Duchefa (Haarlem, The Netherlands).

Soil is an essential component of terrestrial ecosystems which fulfils numerous important functions, such as acting as a growing medium for plants, filtering and storing water, supporting biodiversity, nutrient cycling and acting as a foundation for built structures (Bullock and Gregory 1991).

Some basic properties of the soil that was used in the experiment as the medium for plant growth are presented in Table 1.

Specifically, its properties as a medium for plant growth are of interest to ensure residue sand can support a sustainable ecosystem following site closure.

The multiple ecosystem services provided by healthy soil are well known and include soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change, a medium for plant and agricultural production and regulating the hydrologic cycle.

Many studies have reflected the great potential of vermicompost in horticultural and agricultural practices in field or as a substitute in medium for plant growth in greenhouses and nurseries.

Martian regolith (unconsolidated surface material) is a potential medium for plant growth in bioregenerative life support systems during manned missions on Mars.

The optimum duration of SE culture on C2D4B medium for plant development was determined by placing 'Del-HS' SE on C2D4B medium for 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks, respectively, followed by subculture onto MSN medium.

Estimates of augmented degree of dominance D ¯ * were high (and superior to 1) for grain yield (1.31 1.95), medium for plant height (0.51 0.59) and silking date (0.67 0.81), and low for grain moisture (0.29 0.38).