wheat straw

collocation in English

meaningsofwheatandstraw

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wheat
noun[U]
uk
/wiːt/us
/wiːt/
a plant whose yellowish-brown grain is used for making flour, or the ...
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straw
noun
uk
/strɔː/us
/strɑː/
the dried, yellow stems of crops such as wheat, used as food for animals or as a layer on the ground for animals to lie on, and for making ...
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(Definition ofwheatandstrawfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For the second harvest each season, alfalfa andwheatstrawwere clipped simultaneously in all treatments.
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The trend in the results was similar withwheatstrawyield.
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Genetic variation in the feeding value of barley andwheatstraw.
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These preliminary results clearly showed thatwheatstrawand stubble should be fed to livestock instead of being burnt.
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Thiswheatstrawis not particularly useful as a by-product.
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The steep roof inwheatstrawis waterproof.
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Wheatstrawshould be used for bedding and oat straw should be made available for feeding livestock.
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In particular, it looks as ifwheatstrawwill be turned into a quite useful feed by this method.
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Wheatstraw, as we know, is a farmer's standby, and wheat in general is popular with most farmers.
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Another point is that because of our increased production of grain, we are going to grow morewheatstrawthan we have grown before.
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In other cases, there will be an opportunity to use existing co-products for new purposes—for example, the use ofwheatstrawto produce bioethanol.
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You must havewheatstrawfor the cattle in order to make manure to keep up the fertility of the soil.
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In the case of such substances aswheatstraw, or peat, or sawdust their presence in the consignment must be declared.
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This plant with the input of 30,000 t ofwheatstrawcan produce 5.4 million litres of ethanol a year.
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Other plants produce second-generation bioethanol from a combination of corn stover,wheatstraw, oat straw, barley straw, hardwood, switchgrass.
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Somewheatstrawsurvived from padding between the plain silver bowls, which also bore faint traces of linen cloth.
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In general, the burning ofwheatstrawis not considered good practice and is not recommended, but conditions vary and advice depends on the circumstances of the particular case.
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These would convert agricultural residues such as corn stover,wheatstraw, and sugar cane bagasse and energy crops such as switchgrass into fermentable sugars.
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The facility has been designed and engineered to process 40 tons per day ofwheatstraw, using enzymes made in an adjacent enzyme manufacturing facility.
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Crop residues (such as corn stalks,wheatstrawand rice straw), wood waste, and municipal solid waste are potential sources of cellulosic biomass.
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Crop residues (such as corn stalks,wheatstrawand rice straw), wood waste and municipal solid waste are potential sources of cellulosic biomass.
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To access these sugars, scientists pretreated thewheatstrawwith alkaline peroxide, and then used specialized enzymes to break down the cell walls.
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