"Drought during the booting stage can reduce yield by up to 47 percent, while drought during the heading stage can reduce yield by 15 percent to 35 percent."
“Drought during the irrigation period can also reduce production by about 20 percent.”
Jiang Dapao sighed and pointed worriedly at the muddy surface that was about to emerge from the field.
“When the water holding capacity drops below 60, fertility will be affected and yield will decrease.”
"When the water holding capacity drops below 40%, the water pores on the leaves will stop releasing water, and the yield will be greatly reduced."
"When the temperature drops below 30, the leaves will begin to wilt. When it drops to 20, the entire rice leaf will begin to curl inward into a needle-like shape."
"Sigh~"
“Our water holding capacity has now dropped to 40. If we don’t find a way to bring water for irrigation, even if it rains later, this year’s yield will be greatly reduced, and it may even affect the plumpness of the seeds.”
"Most of the harvested grain will be empty husks and chaff, with no grains inside."
Luo Weiping and Liu Dazhu looked at each other's rice paddies and sighed deeply.
"Sigh~ Our Gaotang brigade isn't much better off."
"I took good care of her during the heading and flowering stage, and now that she's finally heading and flowering, it's finally here."
"The rice paddies are full of newly sprouted rice ears, and a bumper harvest is just around the corner, but the water supply is insufficient."
The veterans felt their hearts bleed at the thought.
"That's how it is for farmers. They work hard all year round, but whether they can have enough to eat in the end depends on whether God has mercy on them."
"If the weather is good, we can make a living throughout the year."
Jiang Dapao looked at Su Qingci and the others with a pleading expression.
"Comrades from the security team, could you ask the town mayor or the commune leaders to intervene and get the Xie family to open the sluice gate?"
"If all else fails, we can discuss how to distribute the water and agree on a time period for releasing water."
"At least don't let all our rice this season wither and die; leave everyone a way to survive."
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