| 1 | In the worst-hit districts, over 60 percent of winter wheat crops were reported as totally lost, with a 40-50 percent reduction in output in the remaining areas. | |
| 2 | "The devastating nature of the dwarf maize disease is total loss of the crop yields once it attacks, " said Asea. | |
| 3 | Submergence stress as a result of flooding for days or longer often compromises plant growth and dramatically decreases the crop yields. | |
| 4 | Chemical production serves as the existence of weapons of the weak protection role. It has nothing to do with morality, which is just a simple survival or the practice of rational logic. |