Sentences with phrase «yields more grain»

In order to create wheat that yields more grain, resist fungal diseases and pest attacks, improves the ease of harvesting (mechanically) and meets the unrealistic demands of industrial milling and mechanized baking methods, science has intervened and it's our health that's paying the price.

Working with in - country partners, IRRI develops advanced rice varieties that yield more grain and better withstand pests and disease as well as flooding, drought, and other harmful effects of climate change.

Not exact matches

In particular, «agricultural commodities are supported by the dynamics of water shortages in Asia and the Western United States, the declining payback from the green revolution in terms of improving crop yields and the increasing demand from Asia for a diet based more on grains and meat as the population becomes wealthier,» the group responded by e-mail.

Weather conditions during the spring and early summer promoted long grain fill for wheat and are returning high yields for... read more

This ultra-versatile flour is a blend of nut flours and root starches that will yield delicious grain - free pizza, pancakes, muffins, flatbreads, cakes and more.

C4 rice could yield up to 50 % more grain than currently possible from existing rice varieties.

If you are using a «whole grain» baby cereal, this may also make the pancakes more dense and heavy; further yielding a more rubbery texture.

Yields of this staple grain have increased exponentially since the 1950s because better farming practices and new wheat breeds have more than made up for those hot Julys.

By using an intensified management system that included increased plant population, transgenic (Bt trait) insect resistance, strobilurin - containing fungicide, balanced crop nutrition (phosphorus - sulfur - zinc), and supplemental side - dressed nitrogen, the researchers saw a yield increase of 28 percent more corn grain compared to that of a standard management system.

Pumpkin Spice Pancakes gluten free, dairy free, grain free Yield: 8 - 9 small / medium pancakes (2 servings) You will... [Read more...]

Ginger French Toast Yield: 1 serving You will need: shallow baking dish, skillet, spatula, whisk 2 slices GF or Sprouted Grain bread 1 egg 3 T almond milk (coconut milk, hemp milk or any milk if you're dairy - free works great) 1 tsp minced fresh... [Read more...]

The young doctor is so thrilled about genetically engineering a strain of Basmati rice that yields 22 % more grains per acre that she spontaneously breaks into song on Fifth Avenue, right in front of the iconic Flatiron building.

But if educators are serious about using assessment to improve instruction, then we need more fine - grained assessments, and we need to use the information they yield to modify instruction as we teach.

Mr. Zhang and his co-workers also demonstrated that use of nitrogen fertilizer could be halved without loss of yield or grain quality, reducing nitrogen losses by more than 50 percent in the process.

In addition to some of the most severe soil erosion in human history, we are also facing newer trends such as the depletion of aquifers, the plateauing of grain yields in the more agriculturally advanced countries, and rising temperature.

Observational data, evidence from field experiments, and quantitative modeling are the evidence base of the negative effects of extreme weather events on crop yield: early spring heat waves followed by normal frost events have been shown to decimate Midwest fruit crops; heat waves during flowering, pollination, and grain filling have been shown to significantly reduce corn and wheat yields; more variable and intense spring rainfall has delayed spring planting in some years and can be expected to increase erosion and runoff; and floods have led to crop losses.4, 5,6,7

The most recent drought from 2006 to 2007 reduced Australia's economic growth by about 0.75 percent.2 It curtailed agriculture, killing sheep and drastically cutting grain yields.2 Restrictions on water use in urban areas cost around $ 815 million each year, and affected more than 80 percent of Australian households.2

In addition to direct crop damage from increasingly intense precipitation events, wet springs can delay planting for grain and vegetables in New York, for example, and subsequently delay harvest dates and reduce yields.67 This is an issue for agriculture nationally, 65 but is particularly acute for the Northeast, where heavy rainfall events have increased more than in any other region of the country (Ch.

Another limit on future grain production is emerging as some of the more agriculturally advanced countries appear to have hit a «glass ceiling» for grain yields.

The milk may cost more, but it requires more land to graze cattle, and grass - fed cows have lower milk yields than grain - fed.

Elsewhere, Western Europe, with its mild winters and high - yielding winter wheat, might also be able to double crop more with a summer grain, such as corn, or with a winter oilseed crop.

After several decades of Lrapid rise in world grain yields, it is now becoming more difficult to raise land productivity fast enough to keep up with the demands of a growing, increasingly affluent, population.