Sentence examples for may reduce soil from inspiring English sources

GM seeds lower pesticide use or, in the case of Roundup resistance, may reduce soil erosion by making low-till farming more practical.

Thus, closed canopy together with a forest floor covered by a thin layer of leaf litter which is underlain by highly permeable topsoil may reduce soil erosion.

Also, the lower temperatures, especially in winter at Mt. Rainier, compared with tropical montane forest areas may reduce soil faunal activity.

The shallower root distribution and soil biological crusts may reduce soil desertification trends and improve soil porosity, thereby decreasing the soil bulk density.

Last but not least, the observed increases in cropping intensity (de Beurs and Ioffe 2014) without adequate application of fertilizers may reduce soil fertility and diminish yields.

Soil compaction due to dairy cattle trampling may reduce soil macroporosity to the extent that growth or even survival of roots is limited by oxygen availability and soil strength.

Thus a pulse in microbial activity after a rain event may quickly reduce soil oxygen levels (Garcia-Pichel and Belnap 1996; Johnson et al. 2007).

Litter layers may both reduce soil evaporation and increase interception of rainfall (Gross et al. 2008).

Apart from environmental and economic benefits by water savings, regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) may contribute to reduce soil CO2 emissions and enhance C sequestration in soils, by decreasing microbial activity in response to decreased soil moisture levels.

Finally, districts may develop legislative measures or bylaws that require their citizens to follow certain guidelines for environmental protection; these guidelines may prevent (or reduce) soil erosion or offer specific prescriptions on charcoal production.

Intensive vegetable production in warm climates where three crops per year may be grown on the same land may reduce the soil to a single-grain structure that facilitates surface cementation and poor aeration.