Sentences with phrase «effects on crop production»

However it should be stressed that scientists are in general agreement that an average increase of just 2 °C across the planet could have catastrophic effects on crop production and cause sea levels to increase significantly resulting in major flooding.

If weather is getting warmer, you're likely to have more ragweed in that area and potentially greater effects on crop production.»

Not exact matches

He said the team's future efforts will focus on better quantifying the soil and water conservation effects of cover crops for the region by identifying ideal cover crop termination dates and assessing the effects of cover crops on carbon and nitrogen balances in cotton production systems.

They found that saving various ecosystem services would not preserve species — mostly because of the negative effects on crop pollination and forage production.

Recent advancements in the use of LED lighting in plant and vegetable production systems has researchers looking for insights into the effects of these artificial lights on the growth and yield of crops.

In fact the Summary says that negative impacts of climate change on crop yields have been more common than positive impacts, with wheat and maize yields negatively affected in many regions and effects on rice and soybean yields smaller in major production regions.

Criticisms of policies that encourage biofuels have appropriately focused on the perverse effects of mandates and subsidies, especially land - use shifts from carbon - sequestering forestry or food production to biofuel crops.

U.S. Department of Agriculture data tables provide evidence for the importance of the eight Midwest states for U.S. agricultural production.3 Evidence for the effect of future elevated carbon dioxide concentrations on crop yields is based on scores of greenhouse and field experiments that show a strong fertilization response for C3 plants such as soybeans and wheat and a positive but not as strong a response for C4 plants such as corn.

It aims to provide a review of the literature on crop pollination, with a focus on the effects of climate change on pollinators important for global crop production, and to present an overview of available data on the temperature sensitivity of crop pollinators and entomophilous crops.

However, these potential benefits should be carefully weighed against potential negative side effects, for instance, on crop productivity and, thus, food production.»

In forecasting the effect on wheat production — one of the world's most important staple crops — the researchers tested 30 computer models against field experiments to establish the most likely scenario.

say it has been predicted that «the average temperature in the semiarid northwest portion of China in 2050 will be 2.2 °C higher than it was in 2002,» and they report that based on the observed results of their study, this increase in temperature «will lead to a significant change in the growth stages and water use of winter wheat,» such that «crop yields at both high and low altitudes will likely increase,» by 2.6 % at low altitudes and 6.0 % at high altitudes... Even without the benefits of the aerial fertilization effect and the anti-transpiration effect of the ongoing rise in the air's CO2 content, the increase in temperature that is predicted by climate models for the year 2050, if it ever comes to pass, will likely lead to increases in winter wheat production in the northwestern part of China, not the decreases that climate alarmists routinely predict.»

Monitored crop production to discover best methods of planting, cultivation, harvesting, and effects of various climatic conditions on crops.