soybean - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • modify: In 1997 genetically modified soybeans made up around 15 % of the total US crop.
  • grow: That's why the farmer couldn't imagine growing soybeans organically.
  • engineer: Plant science research has resulted in genetically engineered hypo-allergenic soybeans, which will lead to safer soy-based infant formula and other soy food products.
  • plant: Brazil, planting biotech soybeans for the first time, contributed 4 percent of the global total at 7.4 million acres.
  • develop: Monsanto believes this addition to the collection will benefit plant breeders in their efforts to develop new soybeans for producers.

Adjective modifier

  • vistive: ADM will pay a premium to producers who grow VISTIVE soybeans under contract.
  • low-linolenic: The first product, VISTIVE low-linolenic soybeans, was launched in 2005.
  • herbicide-tolerant: Herbicide-tolerant soybeans have the largest market share with sales of $ 11.67 billion in 2001.
  • tolerant: The farm level impact of using herbicide tolerant soybeans in Romania ( 2003 ).
  • transgenic: Imagine the predicament of the organic farmer whose neighbor plants transgenic soybeans.
  • ready: US growers planted more than 37 million acres of Roundup Ready soybeans last year, or approximately 50 percent of the total soybean market.

Modifies a noun

  • acreage: The USDA predicts biotech soybean acreage will increase to 54 million, 3.3 million more than last year.
  • rust: This includes a new form of soybean rust, which first reached the United States in 2004 from Latin America.
  • cultivation: In Argentina, intensive soybean cultivation has led to massive soil nutrient depletion.
  • grower: Conventional soybean growers have used cover crops successfully in conjunction with herbicides to reduce cultivation and control weeds.
  • yield: In 1999, Roundup Ready soybean yields averaged 3,500 kg per hectare, up 120 percent from the average for conventional soybeans.
  • oil: E is derived from soybean oil, a food source.

Noun used with modifier

  • low-lin: More acres of low-lin soybeans are expected to be grown next year.
  • biotech: The USDA predicts biotech soybean acreage will increase to 54 million, 3.3 million more than last year.
  • forage: Development of forage soybeans ( Glycine max ) as a new protein rich crop for livestock production in the UK.

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