This study looked at genetic (varieties) and management (row spacing and nitrogen) options to minimise the impact of climate change, using rain - out shelters to control rainfall; the results provided a platform to
model wheat production in future climates.
Not exact matches
The paper, «Simulated Effects of Winter
Wheat Cover Crops on Cotton
Production Systems of the Texas Rolling Plains,» is part of the «Crop
Modeling and Decision Support for Optimizing Use of Limited Water» collection by the Natural Resources and Environmental Systems Community of ASABE at http://bit.ly/2izRZBY.
The
model explicitly accounts for the effects of temperature and soil moisture changes (positive and negative) on global and regional
wheat production fluctuations.
In forecasting the effect on
wheat production — one of the world's most important staple crops — the researchers tested 30 computer
models against field experiments to establish the most likely scenario.
say it has been predicted that «the average temperature in the semiarid northwest portion of China in 2050 will be 2.2 °C higher than it was in 2002,» and they report that based on the observed results of their study, this increase in temperature «will lead to a significant change in the growth stages and water use of winter
wheat,» such that «crop yields at both high and low altitudes will likely increase,» by 2.6 % at low altitudes and 6.0 % at high altitudes... Even without the benefits of the aerial fertilization effect and the anti-transpiration effect of the ongoing rise in the air's CO2 content, the increase in temperature that is predicted by climate
models for the year 2050, if it ever comes to pass, will likely lead to increases in winter
wheat production in the northwestern part of China, not the decreases that climate alarmists routinely predict.»