Sentences with phrase «substantial yield reductions»
Initially the use of conventional seeds was maintained, but substantial yield reductions necessitated a change in response.
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Lopez is referring to the study released by Test Biotech which states that the samples of Golden Rice were found to have lower yields due to the «substantial reduction» of chlorophyll in the rice plants.
Higher temperatures at night can result in a substantial reduction in rice yields.
The measures announced by Obama, including vehicle emissions standards and restrictions on coal - fired power stations appear set to achieve further substantial reductions, again while yielding net economic benefits.
These are the «fast acting» efforts that can yield critical near - term reductions in warming while delivering substantial co-benefits that justify the relatively modest costs of mitigation.
Technologies that offer only modest reductions in emissions, such as natural gas and — if the highest estimates from the life - cycle analyses... are correct — carbon capture storage, can not yield substantial temperature reductions this century.
Teller has argued that the cost of UV scatterers would be low relative to CO2 reduction measures, that the benefit from reduced UV would be substantial, and that a combination of present temperatures, reduced UV and CO2 fertilisation would yield large increases in plant productivity.