Determining Factors Affecting the Soil Water Content and Yield of Selected Crops in a Field Experiment with a Rainout Shelter and a Control Plot in the Czech Republic

To investigate the different responses of crops to drought stress under field conditions Central European Climate for selected crop rotations, a experiment was conducted at test site in Czech Republic from 2014 2021. Depending on crop, rainout shelters were placed late spring and early summer study effects final stages development. Due these associated lower water availability during summer, reduction leaf area index, biomass yield observed. For example, decrease more than 30% observed barley, winter rape wheat compared without shelters. The 25% 18% rye silage maize, respectively, Soil moisture played significant role yield, where predictive model based monthly soil explained up 79% (winter rape) variance.