Drought and salinity. Medical search. Frequent questions

The 2021 Emergency Drought Salinity Barrier Project consists of constructing a temporary rock barrier across West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. (ca.gov)
DWR is requesting emergency authorization under the United States Army Corps of Engineers' Regional General Permit 8 for the 2021 Emergency Drought Salinity Barrier Project. (ca.gov)
The completed Emergency Drought Salinity Barrier on the West False River near Oakley in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in Contra Costa County, California. (everythingsouthcity.com)
The draft EIR does not affect the existing emergency drought salinity barrier along the West False River. (everythingsouthcity.com)
For more information, visit DWR's Emergency Drought Salinity Barrier webpage . (everythingsouthcity.com)

In order to predict new genes responsive to the drought and salt stresses in wheat, 6,717 expressed sequence tags (ESTs), expressed in drought and salinity stress conditions were collected from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). (figshare.com)
The remaining contigs were used for further analysis and the search for new genes responsive to drought and salt stresses. (figshare.com)
Pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum ) is a cereal crop that possesses the ability to withstand drought, salinity and high temperature stresses. (biomedcentral.com)
Assessing and modifying macroscopic root water extraction basil (Ocimum basilicum) models under simultaneous water and salinity stresses. (international-agrophysics.org)
Salt and drought stresses were started using 30-day-old plants, with 250 mM NaCI and 45 mM PEG (−1.0 MPa) and continued for 12 days. (hindawi.com)
After 12 days under salt and drought conditions, the citrulline contents were increased in the tolerant CU 196 to 25.10 μ mol gDW −1 and 24.10 μ mol gDW −1 for salt and drought stresses, respectively. (hindawi.com)
Among the abiotic stresses, salinity and drought dramatically reduce plant growth and productivity, more than any other stress factors [ 4 , 5 ]. (hindawi.com)
The main objective of this study was to find out whether citrulline can be used as a biochemical marker of salt and drought stresses in a melon screening studies. (hindawi.com)
These stresses can be caused by extreme climatic changes like drought, flooding, or rising sea levels. (irri.org)
Drought is the most widespread and damaging of all environmental stresses, affecting 23 million hectares of rainfed rice in South and Southeast Asia. (irri.org)
The results showed that sand burial and salinity stress had significant effects on the seed germination ability of S. alopecuroides, and drought stress had no significant effect, but the interaction of the three stresses had a significant effect. (bvsalud.org)

On May 10, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency in 41 counties due to severe drought conditions. (ca.gov)
More than 60% of mainland Portugal was in extreme drought at the end of February and 29.3% in severe drought, according to the index by the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA). (theportugalnews.com)
At the end of February, 66.2% of mainland Portugal was in extreme drought, 29.3% in severe drought and 4.5% in moderate drought. (theportugalnews.com)
The report also indicates that at the end of February there was a worsening of the meteorological drought situation throughout the territory with an increase in the area in the most severe, severe and extreme drought classes. (theportugalnews.com)
The most severe drought flows recorded occurred in 1975 and 1976. (epa.ie)
In some states in India, severe drought can cause as much as 40% yield loss, amounting to $800 million. (irri.org)

Thellungiella salsuginea (also known as T. halophila) is a close relative of Arabidopsis that is very tolerant of drought, freezing, and salinity and may be an appropriate model to identify the molecular mechanisms underlying abiotic stress tolerance in plants. (mcmaster.ca)
Salt- and drought-induced alterations in citrulline were assessed in 4 local melon genotypes, 2 sensitive (CU-52, CU-94) and 2 tolerant (CU-196, CU-280), grown in vermiculite in a growth chamber. (hindawi.com)
Drought- and salinity-tolerant plants accumulate organic several osmolytes, especially organic compatible solutes, in response to osmotic stress [ 9 ]. (hindawi.com)
In the present work, citrulline accumulation under salinity and drought conditions was compared, separately in tolerant and sensitive melons, with the alterations of proline, total amino acids, and osmotic potentials. (hindawi.com)
Can scientists engineer drought-tolerant plants? (unl.edu)
It may be that oysters were colonized with a more salt-tolerant bacterium during the drought, displacing V vulnificus , and may be preventing recolonization. (medscape.com)
Moderately tolerant to environmental salinity, it tolerates soil salinity. (botanical-online.com)
In a greenhouse experiment, morpho-anatomical and micromorphometrical analyses of two soybean cultivars, MG/BR46 (Conquista) and BR16-tolerant and sensitive to drought, respectively-were used to study their water-deficit-tolerance strategies. (scielo.br)
IRRI has developed drought-tolerant varieties which have been released in several countries and are now being planted by farmers. (irri.org)
Across these varieties, the average yield advantage of drought-tolerant varieties over drought-susceptible ones is 0.8-1.2 tons per hectare under drought. (irri.org)
We are also studying what the molecular and physiological processes that these drought-tolerant QTL provide to get a better insight into this complex trait. (irri.org)

The West False River barrier is a temporary rock barrier to reduce the intrusion of high salinity water into the central and south Delta. (ca.gov)
A texting campaign to raise funds for people affected by drought and saline intrusion was launched at a ceremony in Hanoi on April 7. (vietnamplus.vn)
Doan Van Thai, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the VRC Central Committee, pledged to use the collected money to provide clean water and water containers and support the livelihoods of those suffering drought and saltwater intrusion. (vietnamplus.vn)
a solution for coping with drought and salinity intrusion in the. (gov.vn)
Increasing water demands of the communities on Vieques and the increased salinity of these water supplies (because of salt water intrusion) mandated the need for a better water supply for residents of Vieques. (cdc.gov)

The Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (acronym CSSRI) is an autonomous institute of higher learning, established under the umbrella of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India for advanced research in the field of soil sciences. (wikipedia.org)
Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI) had its origin in Hisar, Haryana, on 1 March 1969, as per recommendations of an Indo-American team, employed to assist the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in developing a comprehensive water management program for India. (wikipedia.org)
The aim of this work is to evaluate the response of leaf chlorophyll and carotenoid (C t ) content in wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) to changes in varying application levels of soil salinity and fertilizer applied over a complete growth cycle. (mdpi.com)
In the study, soil salinity classes are the outcome variables. (researchgate.net)
Using R Core Environment software (Version 4.2.1) [75] and RStudio IDE [79], soil salinity classes at 3 different depths in the reference study area and CLNR, FNR, NDVI, AVG_HH_dB, AVG_HV_dB, Elevation, Slope, and Salinity Index 1 were selected and estimated using these environmental covariates. (researchgate.net)
A comprehensive understanding of soil salinity distribution in arid regions is essential for making informed decisions regarding agricultural suitability, water resource management, and land use planning. (researchgate.net)
A methodology was developed to identify soil salinity in Sudan by utilizing optical and radar-based satellite data as well as variables obtained from digital elevation models that are known to indicate variations in soil salinity. (researchgate.net)

Water shortage, resulting from either drought or salinity, leads to slow growth and loss of wheat yield. (figshare.com)
Unigenes from the cold library were more similar to Arabidopsis sequences than either drought- or salinity-induced sequences, indicating that latter responses may be more divergent between Thellungiella and Arabidopsis. (mcmaster.ca)

The existing drought salinity barrier along the West False River, which was installed in 2021 following Governor Newsom's executive order , has helped to prevent saltwater contamination of fresh water supplies used by tens of millions of Californians. (everythingsouthcity.com)

Abiotic stressors such as drought and salinity adversely affect physiological citrus performance and survival. (springer.com)
Genotypic differences in physiological characteristics in the tolerance to drought and salinity combined stress between Tibetan wild and cultivated barley. (international-agrophysics.org)

Bartels D, Sunkar R (2005) Drought and salt tolerance in plants. (springer.com)

The draft EIR looks at the impacts of installing a drought salinity barrier if needed along the West False River in the Delta twice within a 10-year timeframe. (everythingsouthcity.com)

In order to investigate the effects of salinity and drought stress on the photosynthesis, growth and production responses of safflower, two experiments were performed in Isfahan, Iran using four different levels of saline water, four different levels of irrigation water, and their combinations which were applied at three different growth stages (stem elongation, heading, and flowering) in 2016 and 2017. (international-agrophysics.org)

GABA signal transduction via ALMT9 leads to reduced transpirational water loss, increased water use efficiency (WUE) and improved drought resilience. (nature.com)
Helps plants fight disease & promotes drought/salinity resilience. (arbico-organics.com)

Cervera M, Ortega C, Navarro A, Navarro L, Peña L (2000) Generation of transgenic citrus plants with the tolerance-to-salinity gene HAL2 from yeast. (springer.com)
Fang Y, Xiong L (2015) General mechanisms of drought response and their application in drought resistance improvement in plants. (springer.com)
We produced 6578 ESTs, which represented 3628 unique genes (unigenes), from cDNA libraries of cold-, drought-, and salinity-stressed plants from the Yukon ecotype of Thellungiella. (mcmaster.ca)
In essence, the AST mission is to increase the tolerance of crop plants to weather and salinity stress. (securingwaterforfood.org)
The accumulation of citrulline in response to drought stress in wild watermelon is a unique phenomenon in C3 plants [ 13 ]. (hindawi.com)
Silicon has been shown to decrease transpiration, which makes plants more resistant to drought. (hightimes.com)
Plants supplemented with silicon are also more resistant to extreme conditions of salinity and metal toxicities. (hightimes.com)

Salinity is a major problem facing agriculture in arid and semiarid regions of the world. (unboundmedicine.com)
The local plant genotypes in arid and semiarid regions have become interesting plant material for salinity and drought improvement studies. (hindawi.com)
Cucumis melo L. is the first horticultural crop for cultivating in arid and semi-arid regions, where salinity and drought threats are a problem [ 8 ]. (hindawi.com)

Buffalograsses are resistant to heat and drought. (outsidepride.com)
Regardless of what is causing this extreme heat and drought, we all need to bow to our creator and ask for the blessings of rain. (texasgopvote.com)

In general, the reduction in seed yield caused by salinity-drought stress was higher at the heading stage as compared with stem elongation and the flowering stages. (international-agrophysics.org)
IRRI scientists have identified several key regions of the rice genome-called quantitative trait loci (QTLs)-that give the rice drought tolerance and improve rice grain yield under such conditions. (irri.org)

To analyze the morphological and aesthetic responses of zinnia ( Zinnia elegans L.) and periwinkle ( Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don) to different salinity stress levels, the following treatments were performed: s0 = municipal water (control), s1 = 3 dS m −1 , s2 = 4.5 dS m −1 , and s3 = 6 dS m −1 . (mdpi.com)

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has determined that a salinity barrier is needed in response to the current drought conditions in the State of California. (ca.gov)
Under the proclamation, it states that: "the Department of Water Resources shall take actions, if necessary, to implement plans that address potential Delta salinity issues. (ca.gov)
April 15, 2014 - DCC Engineering Company, Inc. letter regarding DWR Drought Barriers - 401 Water Quality Certification Comments. (ca.gov)
In an effort to better prepare for future drought conditions in the face of climate change, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released a draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) analyzing potential construction effects of future drought salinity barriers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. (everythingsouthcity.com)
The barrier also helps preserve critical water supplies in upstream reservoirs for later use by reducing the amount of water that must be released into the Delta to repel salinity during the dry summer months. (everythingsouthcity.com)
As California prepares for the possibility of a fourth dry year, these are the types of actions needed to adjust to more frequent, extreme droughts such as the one we are experiencing now," said Ted Craddock, Deputy Director for the State Water Project. (everythingsouthcity.com)
Climate change is having a direct impact on our water supply, and we need to take a proactive approach to prepare for future droughts and protect our State's fresh water supplies. (everythingsouthcity.com)
Using Arabidopsis thaliana , we show guard cell GABA production is necessary and sufficient to reduce stomatal opening and transpirational water loss, which improves water use efficiency and drought tolerance, via negative regulation of a stomatal guard cell tonoplast-localised anion transporter. (nature.com)
Drought may be to blame for the strange hue, scientists say, and they're warning against entering the water or drinking it. (kron4.com)
Besides being fairly bewildered by the complexity of water delivery in the American West, I was pretty surprised by the high and persistent salinity levels that come from long periods of irrigation. (golfclubatlas.com)
It looks like the groundwater recharge is also coming from water processed under the Colorado River Salinity Control Act ( PDF ), so it may not be much of an issue even longer-term. (golfclubatlas.com)
More than 10 years ago, in connection with some issues relating to green collars and approaches, we tested our well water for salinity, PH, etc. (golfclubatlas.com)
This water can be purified by using reverse osmosis (RO) leaving a high salinity concentrate. (usbr.gov)
We're watching salinity levels very closely," said Jennifer Allen, spokesperson for the Contra Costa Water District. (kqed.org)
During the 1976-77 drought, salt levels in their water exceeded public health limits , prompting water rationing orders. (kqed.org)
Washington -Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released a discussion draft of the California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act , a bill to help California deal with the drought emergency as well as future long-term effects of climate change. (senate.gov)
The legislation includes a wide range of provisions to address both long-term water supply needs (storage, desalination, recycling) as well as short-term, temporary solutions to make the water-delivery system more efficient during this drought. (senate.gov)
The bill includes several short-term, temporary provisions to allow for more efficient operation of the federal and state water systems during this drought. (senate.gov)

The existing emergency drought barrier is scheduled to be removed by November 30, 2022 as conditions allow. (everythingsouthcity.com)

Chaves MM, Flexas J, Pinheiro C (2009) Photosynthesis under drought and salt stress: regulation mechanisms from whole plant to cell. (springer.com)
The three super evils in the galaxy of plant development and the bane of every farmer who has ever put a hoe or tractor blade in the ground are drought, salinity, and temperature stress. (securingwaterforfood.org)
Photosynthesis under drought and salt stress: regulation mechanisms from whole plant to cell. (international-agrophysics.org)
For assessing or screening melon genotypes in a large number of accessions or breeding lines for their tolerance to salinity and drought during their young plant stage, the amount of citrulline accumulation in response to the given treatments might be considered as a novel biochemical indicator of interest in early selection studies. (hindawi.com)
Sophora alopecuroides L., a dune plant, has been widely studied for its medicinal components and strong salinity tolerance. (bvsalud.org)

It can withstand harsh environmental conditions such as drought, salinity and high temperature [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
Influence of salinity and temperature on the germination of Haloxylon ammodendron and Ceratoides arborescens . (scialert.net)

14 ] reported that the accumulated citrulline could contribute to the protection of green tissues from the secondary oxidative stress induced under drought conditions because it behaves in vitro as a more potent hydroxyl radical scavenger than compatible solutes like mannitol, proline, and glycine betaine. (hindawi.com)
For several years, New Mexico and the southwest US have been under drought conditions. (usbr.gov)
The climatic conditions that caused those droughts are examined in this document. (epa.ie)
Some areas of Central Texas are in Exceptional Drought conditions. (texasgopvote.com)

The temporary provisions are fully compliant with environmental laws and biological opinions and will sunset two years after the date of enactment or when the governor's drought declaration ends, whichever is later. (senate.gov)

Differences in drought tolerance observed between the two cultivars seemed to be related to factors other than morphological traits since this species has a short lifecycle. (scielo.br)

This report examines the rainfall pattern and low river flows that were recorded at selected rainfall and hydrometric stations in 1995 and compares them to the rainfall pattern and low river flows that occured in the drought year 1976. (epa.ie)

Such actions may include, among other things, the installation and removal of, Emergency Drought Salinity Barriers at locations within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. (ca.gov)
April 15, 2014 - City of Antioch Comments Regarding DWR Proposed Emergency Drought Barriers Project. (ca.gov)

Adopting adequate leaching requirement for practical response models of basil to salinity. (international-agrophysics.org)
The image is a single frame from the hydroclimate and salinity response movie. (usgs.gov)
Response of Chlorophyll, Carotenoid and SPAD-502 Measurement to Salinity and Nutrient Stress in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L. (mdpi.com)

Many of these genes are either upregulated or downregulated by either salinity or drought stress and may therefore contribute to establishing stress tolerance in pearl millet. (biomedcentral.com)

IRRI is working towards introducing drought tolerance into popular high-yielding rice varieties including IR64, Swarna, and Vandna. (irri.org)

Traits such as herbicide, disease and insect resistance, improved tolerance to cold, salt and drought and accumulation of sugar and biomass have been some of the areas of interest as far as the application of transgenic sugarcane is concerned. (frontiersin.org)

But one of paspalum s most powerful attributes is its ability to tolerate elevated salinity levels that would affect other turfgrass types much more negatively. (golfclubatlas.com)
Thereafter, Multinomial Logistic Regression (MNLR) and Gradient Boosting Algorithm (GBM), were utilized to spatially classify the salinity levels in the region. (researchgate.net)

Alvarez-Gerding X, Cortés-Bullemore R, Medina C, Romero-Romero JL, Inostroza-Blancheteau C, Aquea F, Arce-Johnson P (2015) Improved salinity tolerance in Carrizo Citrange rootstock through overexpression of glyoxalase system genes. (springer.com)
These predicted genes may have applications in molecular breeding programs and wheat drought and salinity research. (figshare.com)
Many of these genes showed diverse salt- and drought-responsive expression patterns in roots and leaves. (biomedcentral.com)

The barrier, which would remain in place for up to 20 months, would improve long-term planning and provide the State with greater flexibility to respond to future droughts, which are growing more frequent and extreme due to climate change. (everythingsouthcity.com)
during the worlds history there has alway's been droughts and floods way before the so called man made climate change. (everythingsouthcity.com)

The hard fescues are also bunch-type, make excellent turf, have extensive root systems, and are drought tolerate. (outsidepride.com)

The pond has been through periods of drought and high salinity before, though, and Wolfe isn't sure why the color has changed now. (kron4.com)
Its wind resistance is high and it is very resistant to heat, drought and contamination. (botanical-online.com)

Drought treatments were applied at reproductive stages from R2 to R7, where evaluations were conducted at 30 days and 45 days after stress started, respectively. (scielo.br)

The objective for the study was to examine the effects of salinity and drought on above- and belowground spinach microbiomes and evaluate seasonal changes in their bacterial community composition and diversity. (unboundmedicine.com)

Buffalograss - These warm season stoloniferous grasses, due to their drought resistance, are becoming popular in the West, even in cool season areas. (outsidepride.com)

It is very resistant to drought. (botanical-online.com)

However, the citrulline contents of the sensitive CU-52 were 11.68 μ mol gDW −1 and 11.76 μ mol gDW −1 for salt and drought, respectively. (hindawi.com)

Emmanuel Epstein from the University of California Davis proposes that silicon's main role is in a plant's defense against extreme climates, drought, pests, pathogens and even metal toxicities. (hightimes.com)

Salinity significantly affected root microbiome beta-diversity according to weighted abundances (p = 0.032) but had no significant effect on the relative abundances of microbial taxa (p = 0.568). (unboundmedicine.com)

However, very few studies have been conducted to examine the influence of salinity and drought on microbiomes and on their functional relationships. (unboundmedicine.com)

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