Sentence examples for plant less from inspiring English sources

Even if the family carries on, it may plant less or plant less labor-intensive and less nutritious crops, the report said.

The government also gave them coupons for enough seed to plant less than half an acre.

Second, countries must adopt more water-efficient irrigation technologies and plant less water-intensive crops.

Some farmers are abandoning rice, which requires large amounts of water, to plant less water-intensive crops like wheat or, especially here in southeastern Australia, wine grapes.

That plan was withdrawn this summer after a storm of local protest and what the developer said were economic changes that made the plant less attractive.

Her recent work has involved editing out segments of the wheat genome in order to make the plant less susceptible to powdery mildew, a common fungal disease.

The result was that farmers planted less.

Other growers in the northern hemisphere have planted less.

The technology also makes plants less efficient, reducing power output 20 percent.

"Farmers are planting less, and that is really translating to less employment, to the shops taking a hit because people have less money".

Standardization would make building and running plants less expensive and safer, he said, because it allows equipment, skills and experience to be shared across a wider net.