Sentence examples for maintain soil moisture from inspiring English sources
Such management not only encourages new tree growth but also augments the light levels reaching shaded crops, reduces weeds, and helps to maintain soil moisture.
Rainfall deviates relatively little each year from the annual averages and is effective enough to maintain soil moisture and surface drainage throughout the year.
Irrigation was applied for germination and seedling establishment and to maintain soil moisture.
For the RS experiments, the fields were irrigated to maintain soil moisture at field capacity or above for four weeks after transplanting.
The use of the no-tillage system (NTS) and cover crops that maintain soil moisture would prove advantageous in the move toward sustainable agriculture.
Throughout the whole incubation period, the flask was periodically weighed and the required proportion of deionized water was added to maintain soil moisture content at 30%, or 60%, or 90% of WHC.
Such systems are maintaining soil moisture between a desired range, optimal or adequate, for plant growth and/or quality (Muñoz-Carpena and Dukes 2005).
Børresen (1999) compared different straw managements such as chopping, direct incorporation, burning and removing on soil physical and chemical properties and found that a straw cover maintained soil moisture and increased crop yield during the dry seasons.
We maintained soil moisture at saturation in each pot for ∼60 days, or until there were 14 consecutive days with no new germinants observed.
Dehydration avoidance is defined as the plant capacity to maintain cellular hydration in spite of stress and plants could achieve it by maintaining soil moisture, limiting water use (WU), and osmotic adjustment (OA).
Crops are planted for seasonal variety, from cool-weather lettuce and field peas to summer tomatoes, squash, and herbs, and less familiar cover crops such as bearberry and sweet-spire which are grown alongsweet-spire whicho help maretain soil fertility, retain moisture, and control weeds and pests.
