Sentence examples for sensitive to drought from inspiring English sources

By contrast, in the present study, both traits were sensitive to drought and their degree of sensitivity varied among genotypic groups (Table 6); in addition the maintenance of leaf number and size under drought were positively related whereas the inverse was observed under well-watered conditions (Table 2).

The red clay soils which are widespread in China are known to be highly sensitive to drought during the dry season but the origin of this high sensitivity to drought remains unclear.

It will survive under dry conditions but is more sensitive to drought than many other grasses.

The showpiece plants are native to the dry climes of Mexico, and are less sensitive to drought.

Series from P. pinaster were more sensitive to drought oscillations than series of P. sylvestris.

The most widely produced crop by harvested area in SSA, maize is also highly sensitive to drought.

Another example for drought avoidance is the increase of the root to shoot ratio, which is caused by roots being less sensitive to drought-induced growth inhibition than shoots (6).

Ch. montanus is sensitive to droughts and habitat deterioration and has shown considerable population decline in the study area (Rohde unpublished observations), whereas Ch. parallelus has stable (or even increasing) populations.

H 77/833-2 × PRLT 2/89-33 (RIP B) H 77/833-2 is tolerant to seedling heat stress and intermittent drought stress, and sensitive to terminal drought stress, whereas PRLT 2/89-33 isensitiveve to seedling heat stress and pre-flowering drought stress, but tolerant to terminal drought stress.

Series from trees in the Atlantic region were not sensitive to increasing drought while responses of trees in the Mediterranean regions depended on species.

Grass-herb green roofs could reduce runoff more than sedum-moss green roofs, but were more sensitive to increased drought stress.