The influence of excessive rainfall on the protective value of windscreens with respect to crop yields.

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  • S.R.H. Shah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18174/njas.v9i4.17611

Abstract

During May, June and July (months with normal rainfall) pod numbers on bean plants sheltered by windscreens were 60% higher than on plants exposed to the wind. Later in the season when rainfall became excessive the windscreens, by reducing wind velocity, produced a damp atmosphere which encouraged plant diseases. Outside the sheltered zone the crop was dried by the wind and suffered little loss from disease.-Inst. biol. Field Res., Arnhem. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)

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Published

1961-11-01

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 4 (1961)

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