Sentences with phrase «yield of some crops»

Some might even be beneficial, such as the increased yield of crops that do better with warmer temperatures and more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

5 percent to 15 percent lower yields of some crops, including U.S. and African corn and Indian wheat, per degree Celsius of warming.

The report also notes that agriculture, along with other factors such as deforestation, contributes to soil erosion, and predicts that if erosion continues unabated yields of some crops could plummet by 17 - 30 % by 2020.

Then there were the associated trades, so vital in the struggle to turn out bountiful yields of crops and herds.

Sure enough, the list was a dire roll call, including lower snowfall and streamflow, reduced yield of crops, and increased wildfires.

Shifting climate patterns also change growing conditions, resulting in changes and threats to types and yields of crops across the country and, in particular, a significant challenge to water basins, where precious groundwater resources, already depleted, are further compromised as the world temperature rise induces increased rates of evaporation / transpiration.

In fact, the review concluded that «no currently available transgenic varieties enhance the intrinsic yield of any crops.»

An agriculture researcher collects and analyzes information about agricultural crops and their habits and habitats which in turn leads to improvisation of yield of the crops.

Lower yields of crops or damage to crops, water stress, food insecurity, malnutrition, poor health and increased risk of population migration are forecast to become more common globally.

Longer growing seasons and rising carbon dioxide levels increase yields of some crops, although these benefits have already been offset in some instances by occurrence of extreme events such as heat waves, droughts, and floods.

With intercropping, the yield of each crop may be lower than if these crops were grown individually.

Because organic agriculture produces on average only half the yield of crops per unit of land as conventional farming, any mass conversion to organic would end up using much more land.

Professor Poppy, an ecologist at the University, adds: «Honeybee pollination can significantly increase the yield of crops and they are vital to the world's economy — # 430 million a year to the UK alone.

The yield of a crop depends on the genetic characteristics of the variety, soil, climate, and crop management.

Businesses, consultants and scientists sometimes ask themselves whether plant breeders are still able to raise the yield of crops such as winter wheat and potatoes today.

The discovery and understanding of this survival approach could pave the way for the development of novel strategies to improve the growth and yield of crops that undergo such environmental stress.

Recent advancements in the use of LED lighting in plant and vegetable production systems has researchers looking for insights into the effects of these artificial lights on the growth and yield of crops.

They found that higher temperatures during the growing season had an even greater effect on yields of these crops than many scientists had reckoned.