Global synthesis of drought effects on cereal, legume, tuber and root crops production: A review

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 179, Issue , 2017, Pages 18-33

  Daryanto, Stefani ^a   Wang, Lixin ^a   Jacinthe, Pierre André ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cereal; Climate change; Drought; Legume; Meta analysis; Tuber

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; REDUCTION; SITE SELECTION; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; CEREAL; FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; LEGUME; META ANALYSIS; SITE SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT; TUBER;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CEREAL; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; FOOD PRODUCTION; LEGUME; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; META-ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOIL TEXTURE; TUBER; YIELD RESPONSE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84971284800     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2016.04.022     Document Type: Article

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