Heavy snow and wheat drought in Henan
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Last Update: 2003-02-18
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Introduction: from February 9 to 11, there was heavy snow in all parts of Henan Province There was precipitation in all counties (cities) of the province, and the precipitation (melting snow into water) was more than 1mm, and the precipitation in some counties (cities) was about 50mm The snowfall is the largest in the province since this winter At present, wheat, the main crop of h5k in Henan Province, is in the overwintering period This snowfall basically relieved the drought in the previous stage of the province Snow cover plays an important role in heat preservation and antifreeze of wheat, which is conducive to the winter and root development of wheat At the same time, the sudden drop of temperature also effectively inhibited and killed the overwintering pests in the field, and reduced the disaster of pests after wheat returning to green This year, the sown area of wheat in Henan Province is expected to be 72 million mu, a decrease of more than 800000 Mu over the previous year Due to the favorable climatic conditions since sowing, the wheat sowing basis and growth are better than the same period of last year, and the current situation of summer grain production is relatively optimistic H5k
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