Greater sensitivity to drought accompanies maize yield increase in the U.S. Midwest

Science

Volumn 344, Issue 6183, 2014, Pages 516-519

  Lobell, David B ^a   Roberts, Michael J ^b   Schlenker, Wolfram ^c   Braun, Noah ^d   Little, Bertis B ^e   Rejesus, Roderick M ^d   Hammer, Graeme L ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADAPTATION; AGRONOMY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT; DROUGHT STRESS; MAIZE; SOWING; SOYBEAN; VAPOR PRESSURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING SYSTEM; DROUGHT; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMIDITY; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT YIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOWING DATE; STRESS; UNITED STATES; WATER STRESS; ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; CROP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SOYBEAN;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DROUGHTS; SOYBEANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84900320552     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1251423     Document Type: Article

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