Assessing vulnerability and adaptive capacity to potential drought for winter-wheat under the RCP 8.5 scenario in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain

• Published in: Agriculture, ecosystems & environment Vol. 209; pp. 125 - 131
• Main Authors: Li, Yingchun, Huang, Huanping, Ju, Hui, Lin, Erda, Xiong, Wei, Han, Xue, Wang, Heran, Peng, Zhengping, Wang, Yanqun, Xu, Jianwen, Cao, Yang, Hu, Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.11.2015
• Subjects: Assessments; China; crop models; crop production; disasters; drought; Droughts; Emission; Exposure; exposure assessment; hydrology; Irrigation; risk; Triticum aestivum; Wheat; Winter; winter wheat; China, People's Rep., Beijing; China, People's Rep., Tianjin; China

Drought is one of the major climatic disasters intimidating winter wheat production in the Huang-Huai-Hai (3H) Plain of China. The yield damage caused by drought tends to increase in the future, indicated by a pronounced uprising of drought events under RCP 8.5 scenario in terms of its affecting mag...