Sentence examples for greater crops from inspiring English sources

George Low wrote in his 1774 account of the island that "the soil is good, black and deep, thrown up into high ridges by the spade, in a word the whole cultivated part of the Island is dressed like a garden and produces far greater crops than are common on plowed ground".

Some are self-fertile, but even these will produce a greater crop with a partner.

High populations and greater crop damage are much more common in light sandy soils than in heavy clay soils.

Optimal use of these materials and machines produces significantly greater crop yields per unit of land than extensive agriculture, which uses little capital or labour.

As a result, greater crop competitiveness decreased risk of incomplete weed control as atrazine dose was reduced.

Engineering higher photosynthetic efficiency for greater crop yields has gained significant attention among plant biologists and breeders.

In contrast, greater crop heterogeneity actually strengthened the negative effects of high crop amount on forest bird abundance, shrub-forest edge bird diversity and total bird diversity.

Planting immediately after hexazinone treatments resulted in greater crop tree and stand volume for both container jack pine and black spruce, but not bareroot black spruce.

These include greater on-farm implementation of water-conserving technology, less water applied to crops, more water consumed by crops, increased farm income, greater crop production, more land irrigated, and increased total water-related economic benefits for the basin.

To help achieve greater crop production under water scarcity, much emphasis has been placed on identifying irrigation management practices and crop genotypes for improving water stress resilience in agriculture.

The results suggest that soil ES are determined at the field level, with little influence from the surrounding landscape, and that greater crop yields do not necessarily come at the expense of supporting soil services.