Influence of climate on winter wheat productivity in different climate regions of China, 1961–2000

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CR Climate Research Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials CR 32:219-227 (2006) - doi:10.3354/cr032219 Influence of climate on winter wheat productivity in different climate regions of China, 1961–2000 Yanling Song1,2,*, Deliang Chen3,4, Wenjie Dong3 1Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Regional Climate–Environment Research for Temperate East Asia, START Regional Center for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Qijiahuozi Road, Chaoyang, Beijing 100029, China 2Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Shijingshan, Beijing 100049, China 3National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, 46 Zhongquancun Road, Beijing 100081, China 4Earth Sciences Centre, University of Gothenburg, Box 460, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden *Email: anna_song74@yahoo.com.cn ABSTRACT: The World Food Studies crop model (WOFOST) was tuned and validated with observed meteorological data as well as winter wheat growth and yield data for 50 stations in 12 provinces in China from 1998 to 2003. The results show that most of the simulated growth dates and yields lie within ±15% range of the observed data, showing that the genetic parameters determined are reasonable in most winter wheat regions of China. Overall, the results demonstrate that the WOFOST model predicts potential winter wheat yields (assuming there are no limits imposed by water availability) and growth reasonably well under current climatic conditions. By assuming winter wheat varieties and agricultural practices stay constant, the parameterization obtained by the tuning was then used to model the impacts of climate on winter wheat growth for the 50 stations using long-term weather data from 1961 to 2000. Over this period, the simulated potential yield of winter wheat in northern China increased by 2.3%, while decreasing by 1.6% in southern China. In northern China, the accumulated negative temperatures during winter increased by 29.3°C decade–1, which is most likely the main reason for the increased potential yield of winter wheat. In southern China, one possible reason for the decreased potential yield is a shortened growth interval for winter wheat caused by the increasing mean temperatures. KEY WORDS: Crop growth model · WOFOST · Climate change · Winter wheat · China Full text in pdf format PreviousNextExport citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in CR Vol. 32, No. 3. Online publication date: October 26, 2006 Print ISSN: 0936-577X; Online ISSN: 1616-1572 Copyright © 2006 Inter-Research.