-- Research shows that
wheat crops benefit from a preceding legume pulse crop through the addition of soil organic matter leading to conservation of soil moisture and the addition of nitrogen (Miller et al 2002; Miller et al 2003; Cutforth et al 2007).
Not exact matches
Hypothetically, if all the main cereal and sugar
crops (
wheat, rice, maize, sorghum, sugar cane, cassava and sugar beet), representing 42 % of global cropland, were to be converted to ethanol, this would correspond to only 57 % of total petrol use in 2003, and leave no cereals or sugar for human consumption (although the reduced sugar in the human diet would have health
benefits).
Cover
crops, such as winter
wheat were also added to the mix by some producers to enhance the
benefits of no - till production.
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).
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.»