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Example sentences for: soil

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Too dry for rice, its rocky soil is used to grow beans, cassava, and peanuts.
The numbers of cultivable soil microorganisms were estimated by standard plate count and serial dilution methods.
Axenic seedlings, and soil grown plants were maintained in a growth chamber at 23°C under a 16-hour photoperiod until appropriate organs were mature.
Since the 'seed and soil' hypothesis of Paget in the 19th century [ 1 ] , it has been understood that the microenvironment, or 'soil,' surrounding the tumor 'seed' plays a critical part in its development.
From work reported here, it appears that environmentally robust endospores, if delivered to Mars on spacecraft, could survive for extended periods of time in the cold, dry, preserving environment of Mars, despite the presence of strong oxidants in the soil.