Sentences with phrase «yield 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.

Not exact matches

I do research on insect pest and disease resistance and drought tolerance to develop rice plants that are sturdy under unfavorable conditions so that their grain yield is not drastically reduced.

Characterizing drought stress and trait influence on maize yield under current and future conditions.

They do less well than traditional varieties in drought conditions, but much better (providing double the yield per unit amount of water) when both are grown under irrigation.

Also, they said in their grant application, «due to climate change and extensive drought conditions, it is becoming important to breed and design crop plants that are drought tolerant and deliver robust yields even under limited water availability.»

For example, Xue's research showed new drought - tolerant corn hybrids can achieve high yield under reduced irrigation conditions.

«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.