Sentences with phrase «increased wheat yields»

For example, Western Europe's three leading wheat producers — France, Germany, and the United Kingdom — have not increased wheat yields for over a decade.

«Enzymes with potential to increase wheat yields.»

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (February 2, 2017)-- Reductions of spike - ethylene, a plant - aging hormone, could increase wheat yields by 10 to 15 percent in warm locations, according to a recent study published in New Phytologist journal.

Europe: Warmer temperatures will increase wheat yields by up to 25 per cent in the north but water availability will drop in the south by up to a quarter.

Not exact matches

Then there was exciting news from India's poorest state, Bihar (pop 100 million, and 50 % of families in poverty), where the application of what's called the System of Rice / Root Intensification (SRI) has «dramatically increased yields with wheat, potatoes, sugar cane, yams, tomatoes, garlic, aubergine and many other crops», according to the Guardian newspaper.

For example, mixtures of «heritage» wheat varieties grown together can lead to increased yields, better resilience and enhanced soils.

Rising temperatures will slash yields for rice, wheat and corn throughout the developing world, exacerbating food price volatility and increasing the number of undernourished people, the report warns.

Yields of this staple grain have increased exponentially since the 1950s because better farming practices and new wheat breeds have more than made up for those hot Julys.

The researchers predict that crop yields for wheat, soybean, and sorghum should increase even more if mitigation measures are put in place.

In fact, genes first identified in Arabidopsis have already offered lessons on how to ripen tomatoes, protect wheat from disease and increase rape seed oil (canola) yields, among other things.

Wheat yields could be significantly increased thanks to varieties with a superior form of a common enzyme, according to new research.

Over the period under review, the yield of the breeds of winter wheat and spring barley appearing in the market for the first time increased by around one per cent per year.

With the world population estimated to grow to 9 billion by 2050 and Earth's resources under severe strain predicted wheat yields are not expected to meet the increased demand for food.

Instead, it shows the predicted change in Kansas wheat yields if we were to experience a 1 degree (C) increase (1.8 degrees F) in temperature.

So far, genetic improvement has allowed wheat yields to increase significantly over time, but there are challenges ahead to keep up with potential increases in temperature.»

Their results showed that from 1985 through 2011, wheat breeding programs boosted average wheat yields by 13 bushels per acre, or 0.51 bushel each year, for a total increase of 26 percent.

Based on these test results, scientists subsequently applied the multi-model ensemble to estimate wheat yields under increasing temperature in the main cultivation areas of the world.

«Although wheat yields in the UK and World increased dramatically in the latter half of the twentieth century, increases this century have proved elusive.

This is a serious problem as the predicted increase in frequency of extreme climate episodes will lead to multiple drought conditions during crop growth which in turn will reduce the yield of wheat, one of the world's most important foods.

In addition, wheat yield declines due to climate change are likely to be larger than previously thought and should be expected earlier, starting even with small increases in temperature,» points out Prof. Dr. Reimund Rötter from Natural Resources Institute Finland.

Pearce strongly criticises the «green revolution», which has dramatically increased yields in some parts of the world through planting of high - input, dwarf varieties of wheat and rice.

The research opens up a whole new area of exploration for scientists as they try to increase the yields of wheat and decrease losses due to excessively humid conditions.

Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) under UK aid, the DGGW project aims to strengthen the delivery pipeline for new, disease resistant, climate - resilient wheat varieties and to increase the yields of smallholder wheat farmers.

Over 90,000 farming households in China achieved a substantial increase in yield of wheat and maize over a five - year period (2009 - 2014) in which scientists lived and worked in their villages, engaging them and sharing knowledge.

Researchers have also found evidence supporting the claim that spelt may be easier for humans to digest than wheat.4 Modern wheat has been altered over the years through breeding to simplify its growth and harvesting, increase its yield and raise its gluten content for the production of commercial baked goods — all of which has rendered modern wheat more difficult to digest.

That said, there are some interesting issues with wheat such as the industries use of spraying pesticides days before harvest to increase yield and of course processed wheat is very calorie dense.

Genetic modification and selective breeding to increase crop yields over the years has dramatically changed the genetics and chemical composition of wheat.

Such calculations yielded the following increases in fecal weight: 5.4 g of stool / g of wheat - bran fiber, 4.9 g / g of fruits and vegetables, 3 g / g of isolated cellulose, and 1.3 g / g of isolated pectin (Cummings, 1993).

Without adaptation, local temperature increases of 1 °C or more above pre-industrial levels are projected to negatively impact yields for the major crops (wheat, rice, and maize) in tropical and temperate regions, although individual locations may benefit (medium confidence).

Check out the CO2 fertilisation effect, which is already far greater than any climate change effect on agriculture: 15 - 40 % increases in wheat yields are likely from CO2 doubling.

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A study in Nature Climate Change concluded that a 1 degree C temperature increase will cause wheat yields to decrease by about five percent, and a French study found higher temperatures negatively affected corn crops.

Observational data, evidence from field experiments, and quantitative modeling are the evidence base of the negative effects of extreme weather events on crop yield: early spring heat waves followed by normal frost events have been shown to decimate Midwest fruit crops; heat waves during flowering, pollination, and grain filling have been shown to significantly reduce corn and wheat yields; more variable and intense spring rainfall has delayed spring planting in some years and can be expected to increase erosion and runoff; and floods have led to crop losses.4, 5,6,7

The impacts of increased heat stress events on wheat yield under climate change in China.

Relative rainfall reductions were amplified 1.5 — 1.7 times in dryland wheat yields, but the impact was offset by steady increases in cropping area and crop water use efficiency (perhaps partly due to CO2 fertilization).

Dr Dash told the Climate News Network: «Ten years ago, India's yield of wheat was increasing.

The researchers, Dr John Duncan, Dr Jadu Dash and Professor Pete Atkinson, all geographers at the University of Southampton, say an intensification is predicted for the recent increases in warmth in India's main wheat belt that are damaging crop yields.

Yields of some crops will increase in some areas (e.g. cereal production in north and east Kazakhstan) and decrease in others (e.g. wheat in the Indo - Gangetic Plain of South Asia).

Combined yield increases of wheat by 2050 could range from 37 % under the B2 scenario to 101 % under the A1 scenario (Ewert et al., 2005).

An increase in carbon dioxide and a rise of, for example, one - half degree in the average temperature, will trigger a significant decline in the rice yields in Southeast Asia and as much as a 25 percent drop in the wheat yields in India.

It predicts increases of 30 to 60 percent in the yields of soybeans, cotton, wheat and other crops — enough to provide food and clothing for earth's expanding human population.

Wheat, rice, and maize production in tropical and temperate regions are anticipated to vary widely in yields, with severe yield impacts significantly increasing after 2050, depending on global temperatures.

The authors find that, without adaptation, projected corn, rice and wheat production is reduced when areas experience 2.0 °C or more of local warming and that crop - level adaptations are projected to be able to increase yields when compared to similar scenarios that do not utilize adaptation.

Projections indicate that adaptation may be more successful for wheat and rice than for corn and that yield variability is likely to increase.

Whilst wheat and maize show bigger «missed yield increases» from rising temperatures, soya beans and rice show no effect yet on their yields.

It predicts increases of 30 to 60 percent in the yields of soybeans, cotton, wheat and other crops — ignoring projections to the contrary from plant and agricultural scientists

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.»

-- > «The three Iranian researchers report that when the effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 were considered, all regions experienced an increase in wheat yield, which «ranged from 5 % to 38 % across all times, scenarios and regions.»

The government quickly adopted several key production - boosting measures, including a 40 percent rise in the grain support price paid to farmers, an increase in agricultural credit, and heavy investment in developing higher - yielding strains of wheat, rice, and corn, their leading crops.

I am uncertain how to interpret the research about the effect of increased nighttime temperature on wheat yield.