Freezing in the Crimea hit the nuts and cherries

In Crimea, two waves of spring frosts were most strongly reflected in nutty crops, cherries and plums. About this in the commentary RIA Novosti Crimea The Minister of Agriculture of the Republic Denis Deliuk said.

At the moment, two waves of frosts that were in the Crimea were most affected by walnut and early bone group. First of all, this (suffered — ed.) Almonds, early varieties of cherries and plums, — said the head of the relevant department.

According to him, up to 15% of the yield of productivity in these crops is expected.

Earlier in the commentary RIA Novosti Crimea Deputy Director of the Research Institute of Agriculture of the Republic of Crimea for scientific work, candidate of agricultural sciences Lyudmila Radchenko said that frosts, which in late April and early May collapsed to the Crimea, as well as the lack of precipitation, can adversely affect the future crop of both fruit and grain crops.

At the beginning of April, the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic Denis Reduk noted that due to April frosts The undercut of the crop Early varieties of cherries and plums can be 30%.

Against the background of processes associated with global warming, in particular, abnormally hot summer seasons, weather with night frosts in April-May is The phenomenon is unusual. Such an opinion is in the commentary RIA Novosti Crimea The leading researcher of the Laboratory «Regional Climate Systems» of the Institute of Promising Research of the SevU, Vladislav Evstigneev, expressed.

source: RIA Novosti Crimea