English
 
Privacy Policy Disclaimer
  Advanced SearchBrowse

Item

ITEM ACTIONSEXPORT
Add to Basket
  Local TagsRelease HistoryDetailsSummary

Released
Journal Article

Large potential for crop production adaptation depends on available future varieties

Authors

Zabel,  Florian
External Organizations;

/persons/resource/Christoph.Mueller

Müller,  Christoph
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

Elliott,  Joshua
External Organizations;

/persons/resource/sara.minoli

Minoli,  Sara
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

/persons/resource/jonasjae

Jägermeyr,  Jonas
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

Schneider,  Julia M.
External Organizations;

Franke,  James A.
External Organizations;

Moyer,  Elisabeth
External Organizations;

Dury,  Marie
External Organizations;

Francois,  Luis
External Organizations;

Folberth,  Christian
External Organizations;

Liu,  Wenfeng
External Organizations;

Pugh,  Thomas A.M.
External Organizations;

Olin,  Stefan
External Organizations;

Rabin,  Sam S.
External Organizations;

Mauser,  Wolfram
External Organizations;

Hank,  Tobias
External Organizations;

Ruane,  Alex C.
External Organizations;

Asseng,  Senthold
External Organizations;

External Ressource
No external resources are shared
Fulltext (public)

25528oa.pdf
(Publisher version), 2MB

Supplementary Material (public)
There is no public supplementary material available
Citation

Zabel, F., Müller, C., Elliott, J., Minoli, S., Jägermeyr, J., Schneider, J. M., Franke, J. A., Moyer, E., Dury, M., Francois, L., Folberth, C., Liu, W., Pugh, T. A., Olin, S., Rabin, S. S., Mauser, W., Hank, T., Ruane, A. C., Asseng, S. (2021): Large potential for crop production adaptation depends on available future varieties. - Global Change Biology, 27, 16, 3870-3882.
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15649


Cite as: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_25528
Abstract
Climate change affects global agricultural production and threatens food security. Faster phenological development of crops due to climate warming is one of the main drivers for potential future yield reductions. To counter the effect of faster maturity, adapted varieties would require more heat units to regain the previous growing period length. In this study, we investigate the effects of variety adaptation on global caloric production under four different future climate change scenarios for maize, rice, soybean, and wheat. Thereby, we empirically identify areas that could require new varieties and areas where variety adaptation could be achieved by shifting existing varieties into new regions. The study uses an ensemble of seven global gridded crop models and five CMIP6 climate models. We found that 39% (SSP5-8.5) of global cropland could require new crop varieties to avoid yield loss from climate change by the end of the century. At low levels of warming (SSP1-2.6), 85% of currently cultivated land can draw from existing varieties to shift within an agro-ecological zone for adaptation. The assumptions on available varieties for adaptation have major impacts on the effectiveness of variety adaptation, which could more than half in SSP5-8.5. The results highlight that region-specific breeding efforts are required to allow for a successful adaptation to climate change.