Journal article
Authors list: Toreti, Andrea; Deryng, Delphine; Tubiello, Francesco N.; Muller, Christoph; Kimball, Bruce A.; Moser, Gerald; Boote, Kenneth; Asseng, Senthold; Pugh, Thomas A. M.; Vanuytrecht, Eline; Pleijel, Hakan; Webber, Heidi; Durand, Jean-Louis; Dentener, Frank; Ceglar, Andrej; Wang, Xuhui; Badeck, Franz; Lecerf, Remi; Wall, Gerard W.; van den Berg, Maurits; Hoegy, Petra; Lopez-Lozano, Raul; Zampieri, Matteo; Galmarini, Stefano; O'Leary, Garry J.; Manderscheid, Remy; Mencos Contreras, Erik; Rosenzweig, Cynthia
Publication year: 2020
Pages: 775-782
Journal: Nature Food
Volume number: 1
Issue number: 12
eISSN: 2662-1355
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-00195-4
Publisher: Nature Research
Plant responses to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations, together with projected variations in temperature and precipitation will determine future agricultural production. Estimates of the impacts of climate change on agriculture provide essential information to design effective adaptation strategies, and develop sustainable food systems. Here, we review the current experimental evidence and crop models on the effects of elevated CO2 concentrations. Recent concerted efforts have narrowed the uncertainties in CO2-induced crop responses so that climate change impact simulations omitting CO2 can now be eliminated. To address remaining knowledge gaps and uncertainties in estimating the effects of elevated CO2 and climate change on crops, future research should expand experiments on more crop species under a wider range of growing conditions, improve the representation of responses to climate extremes in crop models, and simulate additional crop physiological processes related to nutritional quality. Understanding of the effects of elevated CO2 on crops has improved sufficiently that modelling future climatic effects on agriculture should eliminate 'no CO2' simulations. Further advancement in the estimation of the effects can be realized by studying a wider variety of crop species under a wider range of growing conditions, improving the representation of responses to climate extremes in crop models and simulating additional crop physiological processes related to nutritional quality.
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Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: Toreti, A., Deryng, D., Tubiello, F., Muller, C., Kimball, B., Moser, G., et al. (2020) Narrowing uncertainties in the effects of elevated CO2 on crops, Nature Food, 1(12), pp. 775-782. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-00195-4
APA Citation style: Toreti, A., Deryng, D., Tubiello, F., Muller, C., Kimball, B., Moser, G., Boote, K., Asseng, S., Pugh, T., Vanuytrecht, E., Pleijel, H., Webber, H., Durand, J., Dentener, F., Ceglar, A., Wang, X., Badeck, F., Lecerf, R., Wall, G., ...Rosenzweig, C. (2020). Narrowing uncertainties in the effects of elevated CO2 on crops. Nature Food. 1(12), 775-782. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-00195-4
Keywords
ATMOSPHERIC CO2; CARBON-DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE-CHANGE IMPACT; FACE EXPERIMENT; FUTURE CO2; PROTEIN-CONCENTRATION; WHEAT-GRAIN QUALITY
