Sentences with phrase «yield reductions»

In addition, year - to - year variability increased at some locations because of greater yield reductions in warmer years and lesser reductions in cooler years.

Another factor affecting yield loss was legumes grown in soil with medium texture also exhibited greater yield reduction compared to those planted in soil of either coarse or fine texture.

The overall intervention yielded a reduction in intake of owned cats that was greater in total numbers and percentage than four control areas.

The maximum yield reduction at maturity is the difference between the gross and the net yields.

This result is related to a declining yield gap between irrigated and rain - fed agriculture caused by yield reductions of irrigated crops due to higher temperatures, or yield increases of rain - fed crops due to more precipitation.

Initially the use of conventional seeds was maintained, but substantial yield reductions necessitated a change in response.

However, Diers is cautious about the non-significant yield reductions observed in the study.

Worldwide this would correspond to 42 million tons yield reduction for one 1 °C global warming.

The PBL found that «this statement is not directly a statement of climate change, but of climate variability: in individual years, drought can cause up to 50 per cent yield reductions».

Similar before / after comparisons of Volvos and Fords also yielded reductions in claim rates — a 49 percent reduction in the Volvos with WHIPs, compared with earlier models without WHIPS, and an 18 percent reduction for the Fords with improved restraint geometry.

The S&P yield reduction over the past year is primarily attributable to these rising equity values.

She added recent stats have aligned with what she's heard from Big Island farmers in the Kona Coffee Belt and what she's witnessed with her own crop, saying there are «thoughts there might be some long - term downward trends» fueling yield reduction.

Therefore, an assumption that the 20 % reduction in land carbon storage resulting from the Lehman et al. work holds globally would yield a reduction on the order of 13 ppm.

For the sake of estimating the potential cost, let us assume that it proves necessary to extract 100 ppm of CO2 (yielding a reduction of airborne CO2 of about 50 ppm) and let us assign each country the responsibility to clean up its fraction of cumulative emissions.

The extensive use of lightweight high - strength steel in the platform and bodyshell has yielded a reduction in core weight of the vehicle, as well as a significant improvement in torsional rigidity, reducing vibrations when on the move and aiding handling performance.

«Using the thresholds agreed in November 2012, a haircut that yields a reduction in debt of over 30 % of GDP would be required to meet the November 2012 debt targets.»

Yield reduction was generally greater when legumes experienced drought during their reproductive stage.

The results of this study showed that the amount of water reduction was positively related to yield reduction, but the extent of the impact varied with legume species and the phenological state during which drought occurred.

Farmers whose fields have poorer soil or notice a yield reduction may want to have their soil tested for sulfate.

Worldwide this would correspond to 42 million tons of yield reduction, which equals a quarter of current global wheat trade.

The extensive use of lightweight high - strength steel in the platform and bodyshell has yielded a reduction in core weight of the vehicle.

I would suggest that without the 290Gt (C) being released 2020 - 2100 we should still expect ~ 53ppm CO2 reduction over the period, yielding a reduction in positive forcing of something above 0.5 Wm ^ -2.

Under mass - based compliance, the generation would first be multiplied by an emissions rate of 0.8 short tons per MWh, yielding a reduction of 80 short tons.

As of early May, it totaled nearly 37 million bulbs, yielding a reduction in carbon emissions comparable to taking 260,000 cars off the road.

For the sake of estimating the potential cost, let us assume that it proves necessary to extract 100 ppm of CO2 (yielding a reduction of airborne CO2 of about 50 ppm) and let us assign each country the responsibility to clean up its fraction of cumulative emissions.

• 5 - 10 % changes in precipitation in a number of regions • 3 - 10 % increases in heavy rainfall • 5 - 15 % yield reductions of a number of crops • 5 - 10 % changes in stream - flow in many river basins worldwide • About 15 % and 25 % decreases in the extent of annually averaged and September Arctic sea ice, respectively

Worldwide this would correspond to 42 million tons of yield reduction, which equals a quarter of current global wheat trade, experts warn.»