Peculiarly pleasant weather for US maize

EE Butler, ND Mueller… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Continuation of historical trends in crop yield are critical to meeting the demands of a
growing and more affluent world population. Climate change may compromise our ability to …

Projected temperature changes indicate significant increase in interannual variability of US maize yields: A Letter

D Urban, MJ Roberts, W Schlenker, DB Lobell - Climatic change, 2012 - Springer
Climate change has the potential to be a source of increased variability if crops are more
frequently exposed to damaging weather conditions. Yield variability could respond to a shift …

Adaptation of US maize to temperature variations

EE Butler, P Huybers - Nature Climate Change, 2013 - nature.com
High temperatures are associated with reduced crop yields,, and predictions for future
warming have raised concerns regarding future productivity and food security,,,,. However …

Climate change and maize yield in Iowa

H Xu, TE Twine, E Girvetz - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Climate is changing across the world, including the major maize-growing state of Iowa in the
USA. To maintain crop yields, farmers will need a suite of adaptation strategies, and choice …

Dissecting the nonlinear response of maize yield to high temperature stress with model‐data integration

P Zhu, Q Zhuang, SV Archontoulis… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence suggests that global maize yield declines with a warming climate, particularly with
extreme heat events. However, the degree to which important maize processes such as …

Increasing influence of heat stress on French maize yields from the 1960s to the 2030s

E Hawkins, TE Fricker, AJ Challinor… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Improved crop yield forecasts could enable more effective adaptation to climate variability
and change. Here, we explore how to combine historical observations of crop yields and …

Recent weather fluctuations and agricultural yields: implications for climate change

AL D'Agostino, W Schlenker - Agricultural economics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We summarize recent statistical analyses that link agricultural yields to weather fluctuations.
Similar to other sectors, high temperatures play a crucial role in predicting outcomes …

Nonlinear heat effects on African maize as evidenced by historical yield trials

DB Lobell, M Bänziger, C Magorokosho… - Nature climate change, 2011 - nature.com
New approaches are needed to accelerate understanding of climate impacts on crop yields,
particularly in tropical regions. Past studies have relied mainly on crop-simulation models, or …

Consistent negative response of US crops to high temperatures in observations and crop models

B Schauberger, S Archontoulis, A Arneth… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
High temperatures are detrimental to crop yields and could lead to global warming-driven
reductions in agricultural productivity. To assess future threats, the majority of studies used …

Maladaptation of US corn and soybeans to a changing climate

C Yu, R Miao, M Khanna - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
We quantify long-run adaptation of US corn and soybean yields to changes in temperature
and precipitation over 1951–2017. Results show that although the two crops became more …