Wheat (Triticum aestivum) production in the rainfed area of Pothwar Pakistan is extremely vulnerable to high temperature. The expected increase in temperature due to global warming should result in shorter crop life cycles, and thus lower biomass and grain yield. Two major factors control wheat phenological development: temperature and photoperiod. To evaluate wheat development in response to t...

An understanding of the relative impacts of the changes in climate variables on crop yield can help develop effective adaptation strategies to cope with climate change. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of the interannual variability and trends in temperature, solar radiation and precipitation during 1961–2003 on wheat and maize yields in a double cropping system at Beijing an...

Currently, crop physiological responses to waterlogging are considered only in a few models and limited way. Here, we examine the process bases of seven contemporary developed model growth waterlogged conditions. The representation plant recovery these is over-simplified, while adaptation or phenotypic plasticity due often not considered. Aeration stress conceptualisation varies from use simple...

The evaluation of climatic change impact on maize grain and biomass yield under different N management practices through a well-calibrated validated APSIM model in Vertisol central India has been made. Climate scenarios were derived from seven global climate models (GCM) for two representative concentration pathways (RCPs), i.e. RCP4.5 RCP8.5, two-time slices, 2050 2080. five scenarios, namely ...

Abstract Limited-transpiration rate at high evaporative demand (‘LTR’ trait) has potential to improve drought adaptation, crop water productivity and food security. The quantification of the implications LTR for consumption, biomass accumulation yield formation requires use dynamic modelling simulate physiological environmental processes interactions in target environments. Here, a new transpir...

Climate variability is the major risk to agricultural production in semi-arid agroecosystems and the key challenge to sustain farm livelihoods for the 500 million people who inhabit these areas worldwide. Short-season grain legumes have great potential to address this challenge and help to design more resilient and productive farming systems. However, grain legumes display a great diversity and...