Sentences with phrase «under drought conditions»

But before they can do this, they need to understand more about which genes are responsible for the changes in a plant's growth rate under drought conditions.

The company is currently testing a variety of GM corn in the U.S. that can produce up to 10 % more yield under drought conditions than corn without the modification.

«Likewise, we found BMR did not outperform non-BMR under drought conditions,» Xu said.

Before this study — the largest of its kind — conducted by a team led by Professor Dirk Inzé, scientists had little insight into the genes and genetic processes that drive some plants to limit their growth under drought conditions while others grow normally.

The drought sensitive cultivar» 1110» benefited from the AM fungi under drought conditions, resulting in increased biomass, improved photosynthesis and improved nitrogen - use.

In March, the monsoon is not present, meaning low water flows in the Ganges under normal conditions, and even less so under drought conditions such as this year.

Our scenarios demonstrated that gains in runoff from thinning could occur even under drought conditions.

Even though these gains were substantially less than runoff gains during pluvials, additional runoff under drought conditions could help lessen the impact of predicted climate - driven losses in hydrologic connectivity important to native fish in the Salt and Verde watersheds [64].

«First and foremost, we found that corn and soybean yields were the same across the three systems,» said Pimentel, who noted that although organic corn yields were about one - third lower during the first four years of the study, over time the organic systems produced higher yields, especially under drought conditions.

We've been under drought conditions with half - empty reservoirs in recent years, so switching helps our environment.»

Under drought conditions and without useful AM fungi, the drought tolerant wheat cultivar performed better.

CAM plants are unique in that under drought conditions their stomates (leaf pores) are open at night rather than during the day (as is the case with most plants).