CONTINUOUS PRECIPITATIONS AND TEMPERATURE CLOSE TO ZERO NOT HARMFUL TO CULTURED PLANTS

Noyan Tapan
Apr 27 2006

YEREVAN, APRIL 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The recent precipitations and a
temperature close to 0 degrees are not harmful to cultured plants
and will not have a negative impact on the harvest. Head of the Plant
Cultivation and Protection Department of the RA Ministry of Agriculture
Garnik Petrosian stated this on April 27. According to him, on the
night of December 27 the temperature fell to zero degrees in Ararat
valley, but it will not cause damage to the cultured plants. He noted
that the low temperature currently registered in the mountainous
zones of Armenia is harmless as well, because the period of active
vegetation of plants has not yet begun there. No damage was caused to
the areas sown with autumn wheat, and the areas under potato crops. The
department head underlined the snow did not damage the cultured
plants in the foothills at 1,300-1,500 m above sea level. G. Petrosian
said that with the current temperature ranging from 0 to 10 degrees,
heavy precipitations may not cause cultured plants to rot.