Sentence examples for useful plant from inspiring English sources

Chase et al. [3], using data predominantly drawn from GenBank, and acknowledging the imperfect nature of these data, suggested the use of one or two, unspecified, plastid regions plus ITS as potentially useful plant barcodes.

This is a useful plant because it will grow happily in semi-shade, whereas most pelargoniums prefer sun.

Thomas Jefferson, who once wrote, "The greatest service which can be rendered to any country is to add a useful plant to its culture," smuggled rice seeds out of Italy by sewing them into the lining of his coat.

In research to identify commercially useful plant genes, a team of scientists at the Victorian AgriBiosciences Centre in Melbourne discovered a group of frost-resistant genes in the Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica).

Most beguiling of all is Ackerman's paean to Thomas Jefferson, a man who once wrote that "the greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture" and who saw the unnecessary felling of a tree as "a crime little short of murder".

The tree of life exhibits, comprising an unusual mix of living plants, laboratory expertise and historical documents, show that many plants are surprisingly close relatives of others that seem quite different, a concept that helps botanists when they look for likely sources of useful plant chemicals or worry about maintaining biodiversity.

Originally used to cultivate fruit trees and other useful plants for the local inhabitants it has a significant collection of trees and bushes including a section devoted to Danish plants from different habitats and regions.

"The point is to grow useful plants, particularly edibles".

In contrast, the Seniors' New Jersey plot contains a mixture of ornamental, edible and useful plants.

We stop every few yards, because the place is brimming with useful plants.

Other useful plants are winter vegetables such as khubbayzah, a kind of spinach; ʿakkūb, a flowering plant; and truffles.