Diverging importance of drought stress for maize and winter wheat in Europe. Issue 1 (December 2018)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Diverging importance of drought stress for maize and winter wheat in Europe. Issue 1 (December 2018)
- Main Title:
- Diverging importance of drought stress for maize and winter wheat in Europe
- Authors:
- Webber, Heidi
Ewert, Frank
Olesen, Jørgen
Müller, Christoph
Fronzek, Stefan
Ruane, Alex C.
Bourgault, Maryse
Martre, Pierre
Ababaei, Behnam
Bindi, Marco
Ferrise, Roberto
Finger, Robert
Fodor, Nándor
Gabaldón-Leal, Clara
Gaiser, Thomas
Jabloun, Mohamed
Kersebaum, Kurt-Christian
Lizaso, Jon
Lorite, Ignacio
Manceau, Loic
Moriondo, Marco
Nendel, Claas
Rodríguez, Alfredo
Ruiz-Ramos, Margarita
Semenov, Mikhail
Siebert, Stefan
Stella, Tommaso
Stratonovitch, Pierre
Trombi, Giacomo
Wallach, Daniel - Abstract:
- Abstract Understanding the drivers of yield levels under climate change is required to support adaptation planning and respond to changing production risks. This study uses an ensemble of crop models applied on a spatial grid to quantify the contributions of various climatic drivers to past yield variability in grain maize and winter wheat of European cropping systems (1984–2009) and drivers of climate change impacts to 2050. Results reveal that for the current genotypes and mix of irrigated and rainfed production, climate change would lead to yield losses for grain maize and gains for winter wheat. Across Europe, on average heat stress does not increase for either crop in rainfed systems, while drought stress intensifies for maize only. In low-yielding years, drought stress persists as the main driver of losses for both crops, with elevated CO2 offering no yield benefit in these years. Drivers of crop yield variability require quantification, and historical records can help in improving understanding. Here, Webber et al. report that drought stress will remain a key driver of yield losses in wheat and maize across Europe, and benefits from CO2 will be limited in low-yielding years.
- Is Part Of:
- Nature communications. Volume 9:Issue 1(2018)
- Journal:
- Nature communications
- Issue:
- Volume 9:Issue 1(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 9, Issue 1 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 9
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0009-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 1
- Page End:
- 10
- Publication Date:
- 2018-12
- Subjects:
- Biology -- Periodicals
Physical sciences -- Periodicals
505 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.nature.com/ncomms/index.html ↗
http://www.nature.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1038/s41467-018-06525-2 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2041-1723
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