Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 35, 2017, Pages 9326-9331

  Zhao, Chuang ^a   Liu, Bing ^b,c   Piao, Shilong ^a,d,e   Wang, Xuhui ^a   Lobell, David B ^f   Huang, Yao ^g   Huang, Mengtian ^a   Yao, Yitong ^a   Bassu, Simona ^h   Ciais, Philippe ⁱ   Durand, Jean Louis ^j   Elliott, Joshua ^k,l   Ewert, Frank ^m,n   Janssens, Ivan A ^o   Li, Tao ^p   Lin, Erda ^q   Liu, Qiang ^a   Martre, Pierre ^r   Müller, Christoph ^s   Peng, Shushi ^a   Peñuelas, Josep ^t,u   Ruane, Alex C ^l,v   Wallach, Daniel ^w   Wang, Tao ^d,e   Wu, Donghai ^a   Liu, Zhuo ^a   Zhu, Yan ^b   Zhu, Zaichun ^a   Asseng, Senthold ^c   more..

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

ⁱ LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^j French Natl Inst Agr Res INRA   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^l NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

ⁿ LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^p INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^q INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^r UMR 759 LEPSE   (France)

^s POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^t CREAF   (Spain)

^u CSIC   (Spain)

^v NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Climate change impact; Global food security; Major food crops; Temperature increase; Yield

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD SECURITY; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; HARVEST; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOYBEAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WHEAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; POACEAE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; SOYBEANS;

EID: 85028561747     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1701762114     Document Type: Article

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