... Model (SIYM). The SIYM first simulates crop yield using a water-budgeting algorithm and growing ... management decisions. SIYM is based on actual yield measurements, and less strongly on conventional soil ...
A technique using small doses of fertiliser — pioneered by African scientists — is increasing crop yields on the continent.
... worldwide decline in the number of bees and other pollinators is not, at this stage, limiting global crop yields, according to the results of an international study published in the latest edition of ...
The well-documented worldwide decline in the number of bees and other pollinators is not, at this stage, limiting global crop yields, according to an article in Current Biology.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 14 (UPI) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists says it has determined genetic engineering has failed to produce higher U.S. crop yields.
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“The results suggest that large reductions in agrichemical use can be compatible with high crop yields and profits,” says Dr. Matt Liebman, an agronomy professor at Iowa State ...
... area farmers need information on expected crop yields and effective management options. Scientists ... research results show that longer, more complex crop rotations can help address the two most important ...
... rotation length and complexity on crop yields in organic agricultural systems over a ten year period. ... offered up to 30 percent greater corn yield than a simple corn-soybean rotation. The additional ...
... are a likely contributor to the global food crisis, since ozone has been shown to damage plants and reduce yields of important crop, including soybeans and wheat.
... world. New research indicates that rising background levels of ozone in the atmosphere are a likely contributor to the problem, lowering the yield of important food crops, such as wheat and soybeans.
... June can expect a 50 percent reduction in crop yield, according to a University of Illinois agriculture expert. ... Illinois may get 50 percent of their maximum yield if they plant no later than June 25 ...
Against a backdrop of global food and energy crises, the UN atomic watchdog opened a four-day conference Tuesday on ways of using radiation to improve crop yields and resistance.
... Bt. These findings could offer promising new ideas for controlling pests and maximizing crop yields in the future. The report will be published by the journal Science on Friday, 19 September. Science ...
... 1 issue of the Journal of Virology and could lead to new ways to protect crop plants from these viruses. The structural information that the researchers have obtained may also benefit researchers ...
... soil condition, plant growth and nutrition. Sulfur - A Missing Link Between Soils, Crops and Nutrition examines the importance of sulfur to crop yield and quality, animal feed value and human diet.