Sentence examples for quantities of seed from inspiring English sources

Just like their ancestors, African elephants disperse large quantities of seed over long distances: in Congo, scientists found forest elephants disperse 345 seeds per day from 96 species, typically more than 1km from parent trees.

The FAO says it has to buy this material in order to deliver humanitarian assistance, and that importing "the required quantities of seed or feed into Syria from elsewhere would not be feasible or cost-effective".

The variability of seed quantity and quality and the demand for superior genotypes has led to the creation of seed orchards, stands of trees selected for superior genetic characteristics, which are cultivated to produce large quantities of seed.

The correlation of these variables with rice yield is also positive, which implies that farmers with higher seed production area and better irrigation facility are more likely to sell higher quantities of seed in the market.

Farmers within these associations generally exchange small quantities of seed which are then multiplied on farm for their own use.

O. rufipogon (wild rice) is a species with many ecotypes, ranging from ones that propagate almost entirely vegetatively to ones that produce large quantities of seed (Morishima et al. 1984).

As they move through their forest home, creating a network of trails used by other animals, they eat and scatter large quantities of seeds over many miles.

In the literature, we can find very different quantities of seeds used.

Large domestic and native ungulates have the potential to disperse large quantities of seeds throughout the landscape.

Contractualization mainly was established in the countries studied by the promoters of projects involving the industrial production of oil or biodiesel using Jatropha, which requires vast quantities of seeds for the processing units to function.

This is supplemented by small quantities of seeds, flowers, and fruit.