The extreme 2016 wheat yield failure in France

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 29; no. 11; pp. 3130 - 3146
• Main Authors: Nóia Júnior, Rogério de S., Deswarte, Jean‐Charles, Cohan, Jean‐Pierre, Martre, Pierre, Velde, Marijn, Lecerf, Remi, Webber, Heidi, Ewert, Frank, Ruane, Alex C., Slafer, Gustavo A., Asseng, Senthold
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2023; Wiley
• Subjects: Agricultural sciences; Anoxia; Blight; climate; Climate change; Climate effects; Cloud cover; compounding factors; crop models; Crop yield; data collection; ear blight; Ecology, environment; Edible Grain; extreme weather; florets; Flowering; Foliar diseases; food security; France; fungi; Grain; grain number; grain size; grain yield; hypoxia; Life Sciences; Mathematical models; physiology; Radiation damage; rain; Rainfall; Soil; Solar radiation; Statistical analysis; temporally and multivariate events; Triticum - physiology; Wheat; France; grain size; extreme weather; compounding factors; temporally and multivariate events; grain number; food security

France suffered, in 2016, the most extreme wheat yield decline in recent history, with some districts losing 55% yield. To attribute causes, we combined the largest coherent detailed wheat field experimental dataset with statistical and crop model techniques, climate information, and yield physiolog...