Maize yields over Europe may increase in spite of climate change, with an appropriate use of the genetic variability of flowering time [Agricultural Sciences]

Projections based on invariant genotypes and agronomic practices indicate that climate change will largely decrease crop yields. The comparatively few studies considering farmers’ adaptation result in a diversity of impacts depending on their assumptions. We combined experiments and process-based modeling for analyzing the consequences of climate change on European maize...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - October 16, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Boris Parent, Margot Leclere, Sebastien Lacube, Mikhail A. Semenov, Claude Welcker, Pierre Martre, Francois Tardieu Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research