Greater Sensitivity to Drought Accompanies Maize Yield Increase in the U.S. Midwest

By David B. Lobell, Michael J. Roberts, W. Schlenker, Noah Braun, B. B. Little, R. Rejesus, Graeme L. Hammer. Science, 2014

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science

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Maize yield under a changing climate: The hidden role of vapor pressure deficit (2018, background): “A few empirical (Lobell et al 2014, Zhang et al 2017) and process-based modeling studies (Stöckle et al 2003, Lobell et al 2013) have recognized the importance of VPD effects on crop growth and yield, attributing mechanisms of yield loss under elevated VPD to decreased radiation use efficiency…”
Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change Accounting for Adaptation Costs and Benefits (2019, neutral): “…and Mitchell, 2005), since these adaptations 4See Deschênes and Greenstone (2011); Hsiang and Narita (2012); Schlenker, Roberts, and Lobell (2013); Lobell et al. (2014); Guo and Costello (2013); Deschênes, Greenstone, and Shapiro (2017); Deryugina and Hsiang (2017) for different discussions of…”
The role of international trade in managing food security risks from climate change (2015, background): “Indeed, Lobell et al. (2014) found that the push for higher maize yields in the U.S. has actually resulted in greater sensitivity of this crop to drought.”
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Machine learning methods for crop yield prediction and climate change impact assessment in agriculture (2018, background): “…deficit (VPD) in explainingmuch of the negative response to high temperatures (Roberts et al 2012), developed a better statistical representation of the interplay of water supply and demand (Urban et al 2015), and documented the decreasing resilience to highVPDover time (Lobell et al 2014).”
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