Sentence examples for may reduce yields from inspiring English sources

These may reduce yields by feeding on maize plants.

On coarse-textured soils in high-moisture areas, leaching of autumn-applied sulfate S may reduce yield response as compared to spring-application.

They fulfil certain functions within the agroecosystem which becomes obvious when they are missing, e.g. decreasing the antagonists of pest species can increase pesticide inputs as demonstrated by exclusion experiments [116, 117], and lower numbers of pollinators may reduce yield and quality in crops depending on animal pollination [118].

Drought stress during reproductive stages may reduce yield by up to 60%%, mostly due to reduction in grain number [ 49].

Verticillium longisporum has larger conidia than any other species of Verticillium, and it also is exceptionally virulent on oilseed rape in Europe and Japan [28], where it may severely reduce yields.

Recently published scientific work suggests that climate change may reduce crop yields by 2% per decade over the next 100 years.

The increased evapotranspiration is known to increase the water demand of plants and increase water stress which may reduce crop yields (Jensen 1968).

Considering the key role of erosion in explaining nitrate dynamics across the catchments, it was not surprising to verify that soil protection measures may reduce nitrate yields by some 35% of their current values.

Food security is also at risk as accumulation of arsenic in the soil through the use of groundwater irrigation may reduce crops yields.

We also know that pests not only reduce yields, but may also reduce the yield quality.

Global soybean (Glycine max) production is frequently impacted by drought stress, which may reduce soybean yield by ∼40%.