Sentence examples for their monocultures from inspiring English sources

R. pseudoacacia and F. velutina showed higher RGR in mixtures than in their monocultures, respectively.

During the 1840s, European farmers and plantation owners in the United States, growing their monocultures of tobacco and cotton, were trying to improve crop yields.

These tightly integrated entities and their monocultures make a company vulnerable to unconventional competitors and blind it to new kinds of opportunities.

Mixed fungal cultures have many advantages compared to their monocultures, including improving productivity, adaptability and substrate utilization.

Also, Cong et al. [8] reported that a mixture of eight grasses that consisted of four grass species (Agrostis capillaris L., Anthoxanthum odoratum L., Festuca rubra L., and Holcus lanatus L). and four forbs (Centaurea jacea L., Leucanthemum vulgare Lam., Plantago lanceolata L., and Rumex acetosa L). increased root biomass more than their monocultures (6.85 versus 4.33 Mg ha−1).

In contrast, the small-statured species L. autumnalis and L. corniculatus usually are less productive in mixtures than expected from their monocultures [9], [36].

The leaf-cutter ants have managed their monoculture farms for tens of millions of years.

Among the three fungal genera (Orpinomyces, Neocallimastix and Piromyces) identified in these natural co-cultures, Neocallimastix and Piromyces genera are of particular interest as their monoculture isolates were previously demonstrated to produce high levels of fibrolytic enzymes (Paul et al. 2010).

"If they are indeed destroying the ecosystem because of their monoculture plantations, they will have to be terminated," he said on a visit to Sumatra in November, two months after taking office.

Then there's former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke, who has said he was "impressed by the Japanese people," and Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik, who praised South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan for "protecting their monoculture" in his manifesto.

Yes, Food, Inc. is a horror story, of sorts, but it's no scarier than the tall tales that Agribiz and Big Food have been spinning in their efforts to ensnare you in their monoculture myths of efficiency, convenience and affordability.