The heat and heat & drought treatments precipitated the decline of the transcripts presumably in line with accelerated maturation of the endosperm.
"Floods and droughts can precipitate outbreak of number of diseases including diarrohea, leptospirosis, typhoid, by exposure to contaminated water or decreased hygiene due to water shortages.
In the early 1990s, Somalia was hit by famine, precipitated by drought and similarly callous thugs blocking food aid and producing similarly appalling images of skeletal children dying in the sand.
For example, the drought from 1987 to 1991 precipitated major changes in community structure at all sites, particularly in sites 1D and 1P; these changes were associated with encroachment of macrophytes (Typha sp).
But urban growth, particularly here in Atlanta, and droughts in the last two decades have precipitated a battle among three states that experts are calling one of the biggest water wars in the United States in the last 30 years.
Appalling hardships It's estimated that 18 million people in nine countries are affected by the crisis, which has been precipitated by successive droughts and rising food prices.
Many famines are precipitated by natural causes, such as drought, flooding, unseasonable cold, typhoons, vermin depredations, insect infestations, and plant diseases such as the blight that caused the Great Famine in Ireland (1845 49).
Despite long-term declines, and the effects of subsidised meat and milk products being dumped on African markets (e.g. The Economist 1993; Oxfam 2002), broadly favourable terms of trade still underpin successful pastoral economies (Zaal and Dietz 1999; Dietz et al. 2001; Zaal et al. 2006), although drought or epidemic can precipitate rapid collapse into famine (Homewood 2008).
A drought in July and August, however, caused total failure of the crop and precipitated this year's crisis.
Given the rapid growth of the human population in the southeastern US, the consequences of increased drought frequency and duration can be severe on usable water resources as trees are "first users" of precipitated water.
