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Diverging importance of drought stress for maize and winter wheat in Europe

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  • Heidi Webber

    (Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
    University of Bonn)

  • Frank Ewert

    (Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
    University of Bonn)

  • Jørgen E. Olesen

    (Aarhus University)

  • Christoph Müller

    (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association)

  • Stefan Fronzek

    (Finnish Environment Institute)

  • Alex C. Ruane

    (National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute for Space Studies)

  • Maryse Bourgault

    (Montana State University)

  • Pierre Martre

    (Montpellier SupAgro)

  • Behnam Ababaei

    (Montpellier SupAgro
    Limagrain Europe
    University of Queensland)

  • Marco Bindi

    (University of Florence)

  • Roberto Ferrise

    (University of Florence)

  • Robert Finger

    (Agricultural Economics and Policy Group)

  • Nándor Fodor

    (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

  • Clara Gabaldón-Leal

    (IFAPA-Centro Alameda del Obispo)

  • Thomas Gaiser

    (University of Bonn)

  • Mohamed Jabloun

    (University of Nottingham)

  • Kurt-Christian Kersebaum

    (Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF))

  • Jon I. Lizaso

    (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)

  • Ignacio J. Lorite

    (IFAPA-Centro Alameda del Obispo)

  • Loic Manceau

    (Montpellier SupAgro)

  • Marco Moriondo

    (CNR-IBIMET)

  • Claas Nendel

    (Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF))

  • Alfredo Rodríguez

    (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
    Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha)

  • Margarita Ruiz-Ramos

    (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)

  • Mikhail A. Semenov

    (Rothamsted Research)

  • Stefan Siebert

    (University of Göttingen)

  • Tommaso Stella

    (Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF))

  • Pierre Stratonovitch

    (Rothamsted Research)

  • Giacomo Trombi

    (University of Queensland)

  • Daniel Wallach

    (INRA)

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.

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  • Heidi Webber & Frank Ewert & Jørgen E. Olesen & Christoph Müller & Stefan Fronzek & Alex C. Ruane & Maryse Bourgault & Pierre Martre & Behnam Ababaei & Marco Bindi & Roberto Ferrise & Robert Finger & , 2018. "Diverging importance of drought stress for maize and winter wheat in Europe," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-06525-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06525-2
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