Sentences with phrase «in moderate drought»

The report continues to rip apart the claimed benefits of DroughtGard, pointing out that the slight productivity increases observed only occur in moderate drought conditions, and that, contrary to Monsanto's claims «there is no evidence that DroughtGard will help the crops or farmers use water more efficiently.»

Interestingly, ashwagandha is a hardy and tough plant, which thrives in moderate drought while other plants shrivel up and die.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, 61 % of the country is in moderate drought, and 42 % in severe drought.

Not exact matches

Gentry said this may have been due to strobilurin's properties as a plant growth regulator, which kept leaves greener later in the season, and also that it may have accounted for a reduction in kernel abortion during the moderate drought.

Marilyn Roossinck of Pennsylvania State University, University Park, spoke with Sarah Crespi about the diversity of roles that viruses take on in ecological systems, from protecting plants from drought to moderating nitrogen fixation.

Trends in European SPI - 6 and SPEI - 6 drought area have been moderate, with a slight decrease in precipitation - only drought (SPI) area and a slight increase in climatic water balance drought (SPEI) area.

Similarly, counties in south central Texas are still categorized as moderate to extreme drought.

Over the past month, the total area in drought (D1 - D4) increased to just over 12 percent with moderate drought conditions (D1) expanding across eastern North Dakota.

The total area in drought (D1 - D4) increased from about 12 percent to just over 20 percent with moderate drought conditions (D1) expanding across western Colorado and into southern Wyoming.

Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas loiter in a substantially less severe D1 moderate drought.

These conditions prompted the US Drought Monitor to increase drought designations of abnormally dry or moderate drought from only 32 % of the state in December to 100 % of the state by late January.

Notably, future drought risk will likely exceed even the driest centuries of the Medieval Climate Anomaly (1100 - 1300 CE) in both moderate (RCP 4.5) and high (RCP 8.5) future emissions scenarios, leading to unprecedented drought conditions during the last millennium.

The government forecasters (NOAA) claims we're in a long term moderate to severe drought......... LINK HERE — pic Here:....

• «Average autumn precipitation has increased by 30 percent for the region since 1901; heavy downpours have increased in many parts of the region, and the percentage of the region experiencing moderate to severe drought has risen over the past three decades.»

I live in the unusually dry / moderate drought area marked with a big H just north of Lake Ontario.

Snowpack, which Western hydroelectric resources depend upon for water supply, has been much below normal in the Sierras, and the U.S. Drought Monitor from the Department of Agriculture, as of May 29, showed abnormally dry to moderate drought conditions in much of the state.

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO)-- the electric system operator for most of the state — will also contend with the normal challenges of managing this complex system including: dry to moderate drought conditions in much of the state, an increasing amount of variable generation from renewable sources, and the challenge of importing about 23 % of its peak system load from sources outside CAISO.

In North America, up to 40 percent of crop - loss insurance claims are due to heavy or moderate drought, according to some estimates.

Areas colored in shades of orange are experiencing moderate through exceptional drought conditions and are consistent with areas of vegetation stress.