When stomates close the plant can no longer keep itself cool and leaves heat up, causing stress. Make sure that you are providing water through irrigation if there is not timely rain. Increasing soil ...
Abnormal dry and hot conditions can cause stress for crop production during critical growth stages with implications of yield loss, profit loss and livestock management concerns. The Purdue Extension ...
Potatoes, a critical non-grain food crop, are highly susceptible to heat stress. Image Credit: nednapa/Shutterstock.com In a recent study published in Global Change Biology, researchers ...
The heat looks to be cooling down as in some regions, with scouts reporting less crop stress as they move across each leg of tour. As they made their way to Spencer, Iowa, scouts continued to see ...
Iowa: Five days with 103° heat index equated to five weeks of stress on corn crops in Iowa. The crops clearly ran out of energy and will see a just-below-average yield. Minnesota: Burn is eating ...
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s soybean and corn crops will have to endure a heat wave over the next few days that will affect their yields, leading meteorologist German Heinzenknecht ...