Climate change and Mediterranean agriculture: Impacts on winter wheat and tomato crop evapotranspiration, irrigation requirements and yield

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 147, Issue , 2015, Pages 103-115

  Saadi, Sameh ^a   Todorovic, Mladen ^a   Tanasijevic, Lazar ^a   Pereira, Luis S ^b   Pizzigalli, Claudia ^c   Lionello, Piero ^d  

^a ISTITUTO AGRONOMICO MEDITERRANEO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c SAIPEM S P A   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crop water requirements; Deficit irrigation; Length of crop growing cycle; Potentially cultivable areas; Rainfed cropping; Relative yield losses

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUITS; INFRARED DEVICES; IRRIGATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS; DEFICIT IRRIGATION; GROWING CYCLE; POTENTIALLY CULTIVABLE AREAS; RAINFED; YIELD LOSS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGROMETEOROLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUIT; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; WHEAT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84908366990     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. 2. New Phytol. 2005, 165(2):351-372.
2. 2] in the field with single gene substitutions in glycine max. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 2004, 122(1-2):85-94.
3. Albrizio R., Todorovic M., Matic T., Stellaci A.M. Comparing the interactive effects of water and nitrogen on durum wheat and barley grown in a Mediterranean environment. Field Crop Res. 2010, 115(2):179-190.
4. Allen R.G., Pereira L.S., Raes D., Smith M. Crop Evapotranspiration. Guidelines for Computing Crop Water Requirements. FAO Irrig. and Drain. Paper 56 1998, FAO, Rome, 300 pp.
5. Asseng S., Milroy S., Bassu S., Abi Saab M.-T. Wheat. Crop Yield Response to Water. FAO Irrig. and Drain. Paper 66 2012, 92-101. FAO, Rome. P. Steduto, T.C. Hsiao, E. Fereres, D. Raes (Eds.).
6. Battilani A., Henar Prieto M., Argerich C., Campillo C., Cantore V. Tomato. Crop Yield Response to Water. FAO Irrig. and Drain. Paper 66 2012, 192-198. FAO, Rome. P. Steduto, T.C. Hsiao, E. Fereres, D. Raes (Eds.).
7. Bindi M., Fibbi L., Gozzini B., Orlandin S., Miglieta F. Modelling the impact of climate scenarios on yield and yield variability of grapevine. Clim. Res. 1996, 7:213-224.
8. Christensen J.H., Christensen O.B. A summary of the PRUDENCE model projections of changes in European climate by the end of this century. Clim. Change 2007, 81(Suppl. 1):7-30.
9. Cossani C.M., Slafer G.A., Savin R. Yield and biomass in wheat and barley under a range of conditions in a Mediterranean site. Field Crops Res. 2009, 112:205-213.
10. Döll P. Impact of climate change and variability on irrigation requirements: a global perspective. Clim. Change 2002, 54:269-293.
11. 2. Annu. Rev. Plant Phys. 1997, 48:609-639.
12. FAO/IIASA/ISRIC/ISSCAS/JRC Harmonized World Soil Database (Version 1.2) 2012, FAO/IIASA, Rome, Italy/Laxenburg, Austria.
13. Favati F., Lovelli S., Galgano F., Miccolis V., Di Tommaso T., Candido V. Processing tomato quality as affected by irrigation scheduling. Sci. Hortic. 2009, 122:562-571.
14. Ferris R., Moriondo M., Bindi M. Probabilistic assessments of climate change impacts on durum wheat in the Mediterranean region. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 2011, 11:1293-1302.
15. Fischer G., Tubiello F.N., van Velthuizen H., Wiberg D.A. Climate change impacts on irrigation water requirements: effects of mitigation, 1990-2080. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Change 2007, 74(7):1083-1107.
16. Giannakopoulos C., Le Sager P., Bindi M., Moriondo M., Kostopoulou E., Goodess C.M. Climatic changes and associated impacts in the Mediterranean resulting from a 2°C global warming. Global Planet. Change 2009, 68(3):209-224.
17. Giorgi F. Climate change hot-spots. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2006, 33:L08707. 10.1029/2006GL025734.
18. Giorgi F., Lionello P. Climate change projections for the Mediterranean region. Global Planet. Change 2008, 63(2-3):90-104.
19. Harrison S., Viers J.H., Quinn J.F. Climatic and spatial patterns of diversity in the serpentine plants of California. Divers. Distrib. 2000, 6(3):153-162.
20. IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios: A Special Report of Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2000, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. N. Nakicenovic, R. Swart (Eds.).
21. Jacob D., Bärring L., Christensen O.B., Christensen J.H., de Castro M., Déqué M., Giorgi F., Hagemann S., Hirschi M., Jones R., Kjellström E., Lenderink G., Rockel B., Sánchez E., Schär C., Seneviratne S.I., Somot S., van Ulden A., van den Hurk B. An inter-comparison of regional climate models for Europe: design of the experiments and model performance. Clim. Change 2007, 81(Suppl. 1):31-52.
22. Karrou M. Observations on effect of seeding pattern on water-use efficiency of durum wheat in semi-arid areas of Morocco. Field Crop Res. 1998, 59(3):175-179.
23. Kostopoulou E., Jones P.D. Assessment of climate extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys. 2005, 89:69-85.
24. Lhomme J.P., Mougou R., Mansour M. Potential impact of climate change on durum wheat cropping in Tunisia. Clim. Change 2009, 96(4):549-564.
25. 2 on crop evapotranspiration in a Mediterranean area. Agric. Water Manage. 2010, 97(9):1287-1292.
26. Milano M., Ruelland D., Fernandez S., Dezetter A., Fabre J., Servat E. Facing climatic and anthropogenic changes in the Mediterranean basin: what will be the medium-term impact on water stress?. CR Geosci. 2012, 344:432-440.
27. Mitchell T.D., Jones P.D. An improved method of constructing a database of monthly climate observations and associated high-resolution grids. Int. J. Climatol. 2005, 25:693-712.
28. Molden D., Oweis T., Steduto P., Bindraban P., Hanjra M.A., Kijne J. Improving agricultural water productivity: between optimism and caution. Agric. Water Manage. 2010, 97(4):528-535.
29. Moratiel R., Snyder R.L., Duran J.M., Turquis A.M. Trends in climatic variables and future reference evapotranspiration in Duero Valley (Spain). Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 2011, 11(6):1795-1805.
30. Moriondo M., Bindi M. Impact of climate change on the phenology of typical Mediterranean crops. Ital. J. Agrometeorol. 2007, 3:5-12.
31. Moriondo M., Giannakopoulos C., Bindi M. Climate change impact assessment: the role of climate extremes in crop yield simulation. Clim. Change 2011, 104:679-701.
32. Motzo R., Giunta F., Deidda M. Relationship between grain-filling parameters, fertility, earliness and grain protein of durum wheat in a Mediterranean environment. Field Crop Res. 1996, 47(2-3):129-142.
33. Mougou R., Mansour M., Iglesias A., Chebbi R.Z., Battaglini A. Climate change and agricultural vulnerability: a case study of rain-fed wheat in Kairouan, Central Tunisia. Reg. Environ. Change 2011, 11(Suppl. 1):S137-S142.
34. Olesen J.E., Bindi M. Consequences of climate change for European agricultural productivity, land use and policy. Eur. J. Agron. 2002, 16(4):239-262.
35. Onofri A., Beccafichi C., Benincasa P., Guiducci M., Tei F. Is CropSyst adequate for management-oriented simulation of growth and yield of processing tomato?. J. Appl. Hortic. 2009, 11:17-22.
36. Oweis T., Zhang H., Pala M. Water use efficiency of rainfed and irrigated bread wheat in a Mediterranean environment. Agron. J. 2000, 92(2):231-238.
37. Oweis T., Rodrigues P.N., Pereira L.S. Simulation of supplemental irrigation strategies for wheat in near east to cope with water scarcity. Tools for Drought Mitigation in Mediterranean Regions 2003, 259-273. Kluwer, Dordrecht. G. Rossi, A. Cancelliere, L.S. Pereira, T. Oweis, M. Shatanawi, A. Zairi (Eds.).
38. Ozbahce A., Tari A.F. Effects of different emitter space and water stress on yield and quality of processing tomato under semi-arid climate conditions. Agric. Water Manage. 2010, 97(9):1405-1410.
39. Pala M., Stöckle C.O., Harris H.C. Simulation of durum wheat (Triticumturgidum ssp. Durum) growth under different water and nitrogen regimes in a Mediterranean environment using CropSyst. Agric. Syst. 1996, 51(2):147-163.
40. Patanè C., Tringali S., Sortino O. Effects of deficit irrigation on biomass, yield, water productivity and fruit quality of processing tomato under semi-arid Mediterranean climate conditions. Sci. Hortic. 2011, 129(4):590-596.
41. Pereira L.S. Challenges on water resources management when searching for sustainable adaptation to climate change focusing agriculture. Eur. Water 2011, 34:41-54.
42. Pereira L.S., de Melo-Abreu J.P. Vulnerability of rainfed and irrigated agriculture to climate change. Climate Changes and Natural Resources: Impact and Water Challenge (Marie Curie Action on European Sustainable Water Goals) 2009, 39-64. Università Ca'Foscari di Venezia and Civiltá dell'Acqua, Venice, Italy. E. Eulisse, L. Ceccato (Eds.).
43. Pereira L.S., Cordery I., Iacovides I. Improved indicators of water use performance and productivity for sustainable water conservation and saving. Agric. Water Manage. 2012, 108:39-51.
44. Poulovassilis A., Anadranistakis M., Liakatas A., Alexandris S., Kerkides P. Semi-empirical approach for estimating actual evapotranspiration in Greece. Agric. Water Manage. 2001, 51(2):143-152.
45. Quiroga S., Iglesias A. A comparison of the climate risks of cereal, citrus, grapevine and olive production in Spain. Agric. Syst. 2009, 101:91-100.
46. Raes D., Steduto P., Hsiao T.C., Fereres E. AquaCrop Version 4.0 Reference Manual 2012, FAO Land and Water Division, Rome, 125 pp.
47. Rawabdeh H., Shatanawi M., Scardigno A., Todorovic M. Optimization of the cropping pattern in Northern and Southern part of the Jordan Valley under drought conditions and limited water availability. Economics of Drought and Drought Preparedness in a Climate Change Context. Options Méditerranéenes Série A 2010, vol. 95:199-206.
48. Rinaldi M., Borneo V. Descrizione delle funzionalità di aegis/win, interfaccia GIS del software di simulazione colturale DSSAT. Un caso studio in Capitanata. Riv. Ital. Agrometeorol. 2006, 2:34-47.
49. Rinaldi M., Di Paolo E., Vonella A.V. Efficiency of water use in sugar beet and processing tomato cropped in southern Italy. Ital. J. Agron. 2006, 1(3):369-377.
50. Rodrigues G.C., Pereira L.S. Assessing economic impacts of deficit irrigation as related to water productivity and water costs. Biosyst. Eng. 2009, 103(4):536-551.
51. Rodriguez-Diaz J.A., Weatherhead E.K., Knox J.W., Camacho E. Climate change impacts on irrigation water requirements in the Guadalquivir river basin in Spain. Reg. Environ. Change 2007, 7:149-159.
52. Rosenzweig C., Tubiello F.N. Impacts of global climate change on Mediterranean agriculture: current methodologies and future directions. Mitigation Adapt. Strategies Global Change 1997, 1:219-232.
53. Sacks W.J., Deryng D., Foley J.A., Ramankutty N. Crop planting dates: an analysis of global patterns. Global Ecol. Biogeogr. 2010, 19(5):607-620.
54. Santiveri F., Royo C., Romagosa I. Growth and yield responses of spring and winter triticale cultivated under Mediterranean conditions. Eur. J. Agron. 2004, 20(3):281-292.
55. Sezen S.M., Yazar A. Wheat yield response to line-source sprinkler irrigation in the arid Southeast Anatolia region of Turkey. Agric. Water Manage. 2006, 81:59-76.
56. Shendi M.M., Mohamed A.G., Attia F.A. Corporation of remote sensing and GIS in water management and land use planning in El-Hammam area, northern coast of Egypt. 6th International Conference on Earth Observation & Geoinformation Sciences in Support of Africa's Development 2006.
57. Stewart J.I., Hagan R.M., Pruitt W.O., Danielson R.E., Franklin W.T., Hanks R.J., Riley J.P., Jackson E.B. Optimizing Crop Production Through Control of Water and Salinity Levels in the Soil. Reports Paper 67 1977, Utah Water Research Laboratory, USA, 191 pp.
58. Supit I., van Diepen C.A., Boogaard H.L., Ludwig F., Baruth B. Trend analysis of the water requirements, consumption and deficit of field crops in Europe. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 2010, 150:77-88.
59. Tanasijevic L., Todorovic M., Pereira L.S., Pizzigalli C., Lionello P. Impacts of climate change on olives crop evapotranspiration and irrigation requirements in the Mediterranean region. Agric. Water Manage. 2014, (in press).
60. Todorovic M., Karic B., Pereira L.S. Reference evapotranspiration estimate with limited weather data across a range of Mediterranean climates. J. Hydrol. 2013, 481:166-176.
61. 2 on cropping systems: model predictions at two Italian locations. Eur. J. Agron. 2000, 13(2-3):179-189.
62. Ventrella D., Charfeddine M., Moriondo M., Rinaldi M., Bindi M. Agronomic adaptation strategies under climate change for winter durum wheat and tomato in Southern Italy: irrigation and nitrogen fertilization. Reg. Environ. Change 2012, 12:407-419.
63. Yano T., Aydin M., Haraguchi T. Impact of climate change on irrigation demand and crop growth in a Mediterranean environment of Turkey. Sensors 2007, 7(10):2297-2315.
64. Zairi A., El Amami H., Slatni A., Pereira L.S., Rodrigues P.N., Machado T.G. Coping with drought: deficit irrigation strategies for cereals and field horticultural crops in Central Tunisia. Tools for Drought Mitigation in Mediterranean Regions 2003, 181-201. Kluwer, Dordrecht. G. Rossi, A. Cancelliere, L.S. Pereira, T. Oweis, M. Shatanawi, A. Zairi (Eds.).
65. Zalom F.G., Wilson L.T. Predicting phenological events of California processing tomatoes. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 1999, 487:41-48.
66. Zwart S.J., Bastiaanssen W.G.M., de Fraiture C., Molden D.J. A global benchmark map of water productivity for rainfed and irrigated wheat. Agric. Water Manage. 2010, 97:1617-1627.