Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Field warming experiments shed light on the wheat yield response to temperature in China

  • Chuang Zhao,
  • Shilong Piao,
  • Yao Huang,
  • Xuhui Wang,
  • Philippe Ciais,
  • Mengtian Huang,
  • Zhenzhong Zeng,
  • Shushi Peng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13530
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The degree to which wheat yield in China will respond to future warming remains uncertain. These authors compile data from warming experiments and process-based statistical models and show that warming increases yield only in regions where growing season mean temperature is low and water supply is not limiting.