When the old man arrived at the plant with the big purple flowers, he stopped.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

The United States Department of Agriculture has given farmers permission to plant genetically engineered sugar beets with some conditions.

VOA: special.2011.02.15

On the South Side of Chicago, I worked with families who had lost jobs and lost hope when the local steel plant closed.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Or you could plant the beans along rows of hills with four to six seeds per hill.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

Its story begins with a plant whose scientific name, Theobroma cacao, means "food of the gods."

VOA: special.2010.02.17

In north-central Vietnam, people with small farms do not plant rice between September and December.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

Ottoline Leyser from the University of York says that after a plant is pruned, all the inhibited shoot tips compete with each other to grow.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

Borlaug worked with wheat genes to shrink the plant while keeping the grain large.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

At last they reached a beautiful plant that was covered with large purple flowers.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

If you plant inside, fill a seven and one-half centimeter pot with soil.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

So be sure to disinfect tools with alcohol or bleach after each plant.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

If you plant chili peppers inside, fill an eight-centimeter pot with soil.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

"Something had to be grown in rotation with corn." Scott Jackson, professor of plant genetics at Purdue University.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

As with every float, each square centimeter of space must be covered with flowers or other organic material, including moss,seeds, bark and plant fiber.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

Assailants armed with guns and explosives burst into the Baksanskaya power plant around dawn.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Lithuania - one of the most nuclear-energy dependent nations along with France asked the EU to allow it to keep the plant open for another two to three years.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

Lithuania's Soviet-built nuclear power plant was shut down late Thursday as part of an agreement with the European Union, ushering in a new era of energy uncertainty for the country.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

"As we expand, we will be creating jobs in Margibi. We will be creating jobs in Bong County where we are starting to operate, certainly Montserado with the power plant and the distribution,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.13