Closing yield gaps for rice self-sufficiency in China

Nanyan Deng; Patricio Grassini; Haishun Yang; Jianliang Huang; Kenneth G. Cassman; Shaobing Peng

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09447-9

Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Closing yield gaps for rice self-sufficiency in China

Nanyan Deng,
Patricio Grassini,
Haishun Yang,
Jianliang Huang,
Kenneth G. Cassman,
Shaobing Peng

Affiliations

Nanyan Deng: National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, MARA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University
Patricio Grassini: Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Haishun Yang: Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jianliang Huang: National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, MARA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University
Kenneth G. Cassman: Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Shaobing Peng: National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, MARA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09447-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Whether or not China can be rice self-sufficient in the future is in question. Here the authors provide a spatially explicit yield-gap analysis of Chinese rice production under future scenarios, identifying priority areas for improving yields to meet demands by 2030.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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