Sentences with phrase «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.
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.
Of note, values of − 2 to − 2.99 indicate moderate drought, − 3 to − 3.99 indicate severe drought, and − 4 or less indicate extreme drought (orange bars; a dashed reference line is provided at − 4).
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.
Dry conditions along the Arkansas and Tennessee border has resulted in some expansion of moderate drought.
I live in the unusually dry / moderate drought area marked with a big H just north of Lake Ontario.
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.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, 61 % of the country is in moderate drought, and 42 % in severe drought.
By combining groups of native plants that are uniquely suited to specific habitats, they will reveal their extraordinary ability to control storm water, moderate drought conditions, and serve as food and shelter for native wildlife.
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.
For millennia this ecosystem has provided water for life downstream, moderated droughts and floods.
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.
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