crop

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The Conservatory project has created what researchers describe as a "comprehensive atlas of regulatory conservation across plants, including dozens of crop species and their wild ancestors."

From Science Daily

Corns, in particular, has a high demand for nitrogen fertilizers compared with other crops.

From Barron's

Much of the soil has been contaminated, they say, by toxic elements and heavy metals which will pollute the land and crops grown on it "for years to come".

From BBC

One vision is bleak: The new crop will dwindle rapidly, leading to a depleted grove and possible extinction due to drought, a warming climate and the fire-enhancing effects of a century of fire suppression.

From Los Angeles Times

As an X-file from an earlier era, when fringe theories about UFOs, crop circles or the Loch Ness monster were quarantined as tabloid fodder, the lore around the wilderness footage seems quaint by today’s standards.

From The Wall Street Journal