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the soil, or dead or decaying organic materials. A holosaprophyte is a plant which lives exclusively on dead organic food. One which is only partially dependent...

of organic food and organic agriculture. By this measure, food that is certified organic but not grown locally is viewed as possibly "less organic" or...

process of food manufacture. Green plants manufacture not only their own food carbohydrates but also are the sources of practically all of the organic matter...

epiphytes are amply provided with chlorophyll - bearing tissue; therefore, organic food is manufactured as in other plants. Some of the epiphytes growing upon...

to control pests on food crops are dangerous to the consumer. These concerns are one reason for the organic food movement. Many food crops, including fruits...

important human food grain and ranks second in total production as a cereal crop behind maize; the third being rice. Wheat grain is a staple food used to make...

income-earning or food-producing activities. It contributes to food security and food safety in two ways : first it increases the amount of food available to...

see Comfrey, Minnesota Comfrey (also comphrey) is an important herb in organic gardening, having many medicinal and fertiliser uses. Comfrey (Symphytum...

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/rhodcv/hort410/potat/po00001.htm Growing Food: A Guide to Food Production ISBN 1402066244 Regulation of potato tuberization by daylength...

the term 'organic' exists because some of synthetic fertilizers, such as urea and urea formaldehyde, are fully organic in the sense of organic chemistry...

Cuarto Virus (MRCV) Stalk and Kernal Rot Many forms of maize are used for food, sometimes classified as various subspecies: Flour corn — Zea mays var. amylacea...

The movement of foods throughout the plant takes place mainly in the phloem. Plant conduction (food movement) is from an area of high food content, place...

the higher concentrations of organic matter present there, mixing it with the mineral soil. Because a high level of organic matter mixing is associated...

prefers clay . It is considered to be a beneficial component of natural or organic lawn care due to it's ability to fix nitrogen and out compete lawn weeds...

compost see composting Compost is the aerobically decomposed remnants of organic materials (those with plant and animal origins). CH The British Composting...

leaves, are white or pink, 5 cm across, with five petals. Quince is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Brown-tail, Bucculatrix...

In vascular plants, phloem is the living tissue that carries organic nutrients, particularly sucrose, a sugar, to all parts of the plant where needed....

Medicinal use of mint in Armenia Davidson, Alan (1999). The Oxford Companion to Food. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 508. ISBN 0-19-211579-0.  Cite error:...

for plants with large fruits like the tomato. Organic cultivation of marijuana is similar to the organic food movement in recent times. It is superficially...