OREANDA-NEWS  Yields of grain and other crops in Crimea will decrease due to lack of moisture and spring frosts, Lyudmila Radchenko, Deputy Director for Scientific Work at the Crimean Agricultural Research Institute, told RIA Novosti.

"Lack of precipitation will lead, first of all, to a decrease in grain yields. Now almost all the varieties have been planted, and everything will depend on whether it rains. If precipitation passes and the filling goes well, then there will be a decrease in yields, but only slightly. If there is no precipitation before harvesting, then the decrease in yields will be severe," Radchenko said.

A significant decrease in productive moisture in the soil was influenced by the low-water year 2024, and weather conditions for cereals and other crops in Crimea were unfavorable, she noted.

In March, in the first and third decades of April, the drought was aggravated by frosts of varying intensity, from 2-4 degrees of frost in the air and up to 8 degrees in the pumpkin layer, the agency's interlocutor said.

The scientist noted that plant oppression is noted to varying degrees in all the experimental fields of the institute in the Krasnogvardeysky district of Crimea. Spring barley and oat crops are in critical condition, they have stopped growing and developing and are drying up. Mustard, flax, and coriander plants are in a depressed state. Monitoring at the beginning of May showed that the condition of winter and spring crops had noticeably deteriorated. Only precipitation can improve the situation, and in the near future, Radchenko said.

"The frosts had a negative impact on the grain because the ear was damaged," Radchenko said. She also noted that many stone fruit tree crops were affected by frosts in Crimea.