Contribution of crop models to adaptation in wheat

K Chenu, JR Porter, P Martre, B Basso… - Trends in plant …, 2017 - cell.com
With world population growing quickly, agriculture needs to produce more with fewer inputs
while being environmentally friendly. In a context of changing environments, crop models …

Performance of a wheat yield prediction model and factors influencing the performance: A review and meta-analysis

S Hao, D Ryu, A Western, E Perry, H Bogena… - Agricultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Process-based crop models provide ways to predict crop growth, evaluate
environmental impacts on crops, test various crop management options, and guide crop …

Silver lining to a climate crisis in multiple prospects for alleviating crop waterlogging under future climates

K Liu, MT Harrison, H Yan, DL Liu, H Meinke… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Extreme weather events threaten food security, yet global assessments of impacts caused
by crop waterlogging are rare. Here we first develop a paradigm that distils common stress …

Early sowing systems can boost Australian wheat yields despite recent climate change

JR Hunt, JM Lilley, B Trevaskis, BM Flohr… - Nature Climate …, 2019 - nature.com
Price surges in staple foods trigger civil unrest and conflict. The food riots of 2007–2008 and
Arab spring uprisings (2010–2012) were, in part, a consequence of price increases due to a …

Incorporating machine learning with biophysical model can improve the evaluation of climate extremes impacts on wheat yield in south-eastern Australia

P Feng, B Wang, D Li Liu, C Waters, Q Yu - Agricultural and Forest …, 2019 - Elsevier
Accurately assessing the impacts of extreme climate events (ECEs) on crop yield can help
develop effective agronomic practices to deal with climate change impacts. Process-based …

Causes of wheat yield gaps and opportunities to advance the water-limited yield frontier in Australia

Z Hochman, H Horan - Field Crops Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Closing the yield gap is essential for global food security and for farmers who face
increasing costs of production. Recent work showed that Australia's wheat growers are …

Water and temperature stress define the optimal flowering period for wheat in south-eastern Australia

BM Flohr, JR Hunt, JA Kirkegaard, JR Evans - Field Crops Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Across the Australian wheat belt, the time at which wheat flowers is a critical determinant of
yield. In all environments an optimal flowering period (OFP) exists which is defined by …

Novel wheat varieties facilitate deep sowing to beat the heat of changing climates

Z Zhao, E Wang, JA Kirkegaard, GJ Rebetzke - Nature Climate Change, 2022 - nature.com
Wheat yields are threatened by global warming and unreliable rainfall, which increase heat
and drought stress. A potential adaptation strategy is to sow earlier and deeper, taking …

Frost trends and their estimated impact on yield in the Australian wheatbelt

B Zheng, SC Chapman, JT Christopher… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Radiant spring frosts occurring during reproductive developmental stages can result in
catastrophic yield loss for wheat producers. To better understand the spatial and temporal …

Evaluation of G× E× M interactions to increase harvest index and yield of early sown wheat

K Porker, M Straight, JR Hunt - Frontiers in plant science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Harvest index (HI) is the ratio of grain to total shoot dry matter and is as a measure of
reproductive efficiency. HI is determined by interactions between genotypes (G) …