Maize yield gaps caused by non-controllable, agronomic, and socioeconomic factors in a changing climate of Northeast China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 756-764

  Liu, Zhijuan ^a   Yang, Xiaoguang ^a   Lin, Xiaomao ^b   Hubbard, Kenneth G ^c   Lv, Shuo ^a   Wang, Jing ^a,d  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d Ningxia Institute of Meteorological Science   (China)

Author keywords

Climate zone; Maize; Northeast China; Up scaling; Yield constraints; Yield gaps

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROPS;

MAIZE; NORTHEAST CHINA; UPSCALING; YIELD CONSTRAINTS; YIELD GAPS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRONOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; MAIZE; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT YIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHINA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84943279780     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.145     Document Type: Article

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