Operating at the extreme: estimating the upper yield boundary of winter wheat production in commercial practice

Wheat farming provides 28.5% of global cereal production. After steady growth in average crop yield from 1950 to 1990, wheat yields have generally stagnated, which prompts the question of whether further improvements are possible. Statistical studies of agronomic parameters such as crop yield have s...

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Main Authors: Emily G. Mitchell, Neil M. J. Crout, Paul Wilson, Andrew T. A. Wood, Gilles Stupfler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2020-04-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.191919