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Determining Factors Affecting the Soil Water Content and Yield of Selected Crops in a Field Experiment with a Rainout Shelter and a Control Plot in the Czech Republic

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  • Sabina Thaler

    (Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria
    CzechGlobe-Global Change Research Institute CAS, Belidla 986, 4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Eva Pohankova

    (CzechGlobe-Global Change Research Institute CAS, Belidla 986, 4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Department of Agrosystems and Bioclimatology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Josef Eitzinger

    (Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria)

  • Petr Hlavinka

    (CzechGlobe-Global Change Research Institute CAS, Belidla 986, 4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Department of Agrosystems and Bioclimatology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Matěj Orság

    (CzechGlobe-Global Change Research Institute CAS, Belidla 986, 4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Department of Agrosystems and Bioclimatology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Vojtěch Lukas

    (CzechGlobe-Global Change Research Institute CAS, Belidla 986, 4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Department of Agrosystems and Bioclimatology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Martin Brtnický

    (CzechGlobe-Global Change Research Institute CAS, Belidla 986, 4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Pavel Růžek

    (CzechGlobe-Global Change Research Institute CAS, Belidla 986, 4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Research Institute of Crop Production, Drnovská 507, 161 00 Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Jana Šimečková

    (CzechGlobe-Global Change Research Institute CAS, Belidla 986, 4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Tomáš Ghisi

    (CzechGlobe-Global Change Research Institute CAS, Belidla 986, 4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Department of Agrosystems and Bioclimatology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Jakub Bohuslav

    (CzechGlobe-Global Change Research Institute CAS, Belidla 986, 4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Department of Agrosystems and Bioclimatology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Karel Klem

    (CzechGlobe-Global Change Research Institute CAS, Belidla 986, 4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Department of Agrosystems and Bioclimatology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Mirek Trnka

    (CzechGlobe-Global Change Research Institute CAS, Belidla 986, 4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Department of Agrosystems and Bioclimatology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

Abstract

To investigate the different responses of crops to drought stress under field conditions of Central European Climate for selected crop rotations, a field experiment was conducted at a test site in the Czech Republic from 2014 to 2021. Depending on the crop, rainout shelters were placed in late spring and early summer to study the effects of drought in the final stages of crop development. Due to these rainout shelters and the associated lower water availability for the crops during the summer, a reduction in leaf area index, biomass and yield was observed. For example, a yield decrease of more than 30% was observed for spring barley, winter rape and winter wheat compared to conditions without rainout shelters. The reduction was 25% and 18% for winter rye and silage maize, respectively, under rainout shelters. Soil moisture played a significant role in yield, where a predictive model based on monthly soil moisture explained up to 79% (winter rape) of the yield variance.

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  • Sabina Thaler & Eva Pohankova & Josef Eitzinger & Petr Hlavinka & Matěj Orság & Vojtěch Lukas & Martin Brtnický & Pavel Růžek & Jana Šimečková & Tomáš Ghisi & Jakub Bohuslav & Karel Klem & Mirek Trnka, 2023. "Determining Factors Affecting the Soil Water Content and Yield of Selected Crops in a Field Experiment with a Rainout Shelter and a Control Plot in the Czech Republic," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(7), pages 1-26, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:13:y:2023:i:7:p:1315-:d:1181122
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