Projected impacts of global warming on cropping calendar and water requirement of maize in a humid climate

References

• Adger WN, Huq S, Brown K, Conway D, Hulme M. 2003. Adaptation to climate change in the developing world. Prog Dev Stud. 3:179–195.
   Google Scholar
• Akowuah JO, Mensah LD, Chan C, Roskilly A. 2015. Effects of practices of maize farmers and traders in Ghana on contamination of maize by aflatoxins: case study of Ejura-Sekyeredumase municipality. Afric J Microbiol Res. 9:1658–1666.
   Google Scholar
• Allen RG, Pereira LS, Raes D, Smith M 1998. Crop evapotranspiration: guideline for computing crop water requirements. FAO No. 56. Rome: FAO.
   Google Scholar
• Barber SA, Mackey AD, Kuchenbuch RO, Barraclough PB. 1988. Effect of soil temperature and water on maize root growth. Plant Soil. 111:267–269.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Callejas R, Pablo-Canales P, Cortazar GDC. 2009. Relationship between root growth of Thompson seedless grapevines and soil temperature. Chil J Agr Res. 69:496–502.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Commuri PD, Jones RD. 2001. High temperatures during endosperm cell division in maize: a genotypic comparison under in vitro and field conditions. Crop Sci. 41:1122–1130.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dharmarathna WRSS, Herath S, Weerakoon SB. 2012. Changing the planting date as a climate change adaption strategy for rice production in Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka. Sustain Sci. doi:10.1007/s11625-012-0192-2
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• FAO. 2012. FAOSTAT, Production. Available from: http://faostat.fao.org/site/567/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=567#ancor
   Google Scholar
• Gaile Z. 2010. The role of maize harvest timing for high-quality silage production (summary). Proc Latvia Univ Agric. 25:116–128.
   Google Scholar
• Hargreaves GH, Samani ZA. 1985. Reference crop evapotranspiration from temperature. Trans ASAE. 1:96–99.
   Google Scholar
• Hatfield JL, Boote KJ, Kimball BA, Ziska LH, Lzaurralde RC, Ort D, Thomson AM, Wolfe D. 2011. Climate impacts on agriculture: implications for crop production. Agron J. 103:351–370.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• IPCC. 2001. Climate change 2001: the scientific basis. In: Houghton, JT, Ding, Y, Griggs, DJ, Noguer, M, Van Der Linden, PJ, Dai, X, Maskell, K, Johnson, CA, editors. Contribution of working group I to the third assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Jones RJ, Ouattar S, Crookston RK. 1984. Thermal environment during endosperm cell division and grain filling in maize: effects on kernel growth and development in vitro. Crop Sci. 24:133–137.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaaya AN, Kyamuhangire W. 2006. The effect of storage time and agroecological zone on mould incidence and aflatoxin contamination of maize from traders in Uganda. Int J Food Microbiol. 110:217–223.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kandlinkar M, Risbey J. 2000. Agricultural impacts of climate change: if adaptation is the answer, what is the question? Clim Change. 45:529–539.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Karandish F. 2016. Improved soil-plant water dynamics and economic water use efficiency in a maize field under locally water stress. Arch Agron Soil Sci. 1–13. doi:10.1080/03650340.2015.1135326
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kelkar U, Bhadwal S. 2007. South Asian regional study on climate change impacts and adaptation: implications for human development [report]. Sri Lanka: Human Development Report Office.
   Google Scholar
• Kurukulasuriya P, Mendelsohn R 2008. A Ricardian analysis of the impact of climate change on African cropland. AfJARE. 2(1):1-23.
   Google Scholar
• Luo Q. 2011. Temperature thresholds and crop production: a review. Climatic Change. 109:583–598.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luo Q, Bellotti W, Williams M, Wang E. 2009. Adaptation to climate change of wheat growing in South Australia: analysis of management and breeding strategies. Agric Ecosyst Environ. 129:261–267.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Maurer EP. 2007. Uncertainty in hydrologic impacts of climate change in the Sierra Nevada, California, under two emissions scenario. Climatic Change. 82:309–325.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McMaster GS, Wilhelm W. 1997. Growing degree-days: one equation, two interpretations. Paper 83. Publications from USDA-ARS/UNL faculty, Lincoln, Nebraska.
   Google Scholar
• Mendelsohn R, Nordhaus W, Shaw D. 1994. The impact of global warming on agriculture: a Ricardian analysis. Am Econ Rev. 84:753–771.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peterson TC, Golubev VS, Groisman PY. 2002. Evaporation losing its strength. Nature. 377:687–688.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Plessi JD. 2003. Maize production. ARC-Grain Crops Institute; Republic of South Africa. p.38.
   Google Scholar
• Priestley CHB, Taylor RJ. 1972. On the assessment of surface heat flux and evaporation using large-scale parameters. Mon Weather Rev. 100:81–92.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Reddy KS, Kumar M, Maruthi V, Vijayalaxmi BU, Nageswar-Rao CVK. 2014. Climate change analysis in southern Telangana region, Andhra Pradesh using LARS-WG model. Curr Sci. 107:54–62.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Saadi S, Mladen T, Lazar T, Luis SP, Claudia P, Piero L. 2015. Climate change and mediterranean agriculture: impacts on winter wheat and tomato crop evapotranspiration, irrigation requirements and yield. Agric Water Manage. 147:103–115.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Semenov MA, Barrow EM. 2002. A stochastic weather generator for use in climate impact studies. User’s manual 3.0, Rothamsted Research, Hertfordshire. 27 pp..
   Google Scholar
• Shahrokhnia MH, Sepaskhah AR. 2013. Single and dual crop coefficients and crop evapotranspiration for wheat and maize in a semi-arid region. Theor Appl Climatol. 114:495–510.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Singh RV, Bhakar SR 2002. Development of improved crop coefficients for precise estimates of wheat evapotranspiration. AFITA 2002: Asian agricultural information technology and management. Proceedings of the Third Asian Conference for Information Technology in Agriculture; Oct 26–28; Beijing, China; China Agricultural Scientech Press. p.333–337.
   Google Scholar
• Steduto, P., Raes, D., Hsiao, T.C., Fereres, E., 2012. AquaCrop: concepts, rationale and operation. In: Steduto, P., Hsiao, T.C., Fereres, E., Raes, D., Crop Yield Response to Water, FAO Irrigation and Drainage, Paper No. 66. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. pp. 17-49.
   Google Scholar
• Tabari H, Hosseinzadeh-Talaee P. 2014. Sensitivity of evapotranspiration to climatic change in different climates. Global Planet Change. 115:16–23.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tao F, Yokozawa M, Hayashi Y, Lin E. 2003. Changes in agricultural water demands and soil moisture in China over the last half-century and their effects on agricultural production. Agric For Meteorol. 118:251–261.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tingem M, Mike R, Gianni B, Sayed AA, Jeremy C. 2008. Comparative assessment of crop cultivar and sowing dates as adaptation choice for crop production in response to climate change in Cameroon. Afric J Plant Sci Biotech. 2:10–17.
   Google Scholar
• Waha K, Müller C, Bondeau A, Dietrich JP, Kurukulasuriya P, Heinke J, Lotze-Campen H. 2013. Adaptation to climate change through the choice of cropping system and sowing date in sub-Saharan Africa. Global Environ Change. 23:130–143.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Walker JM. 1969. One-degree increments in soil temperatures affect maize seeding behavior. Soil Sci Soc Am Proc. 33:729–736.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wang W, Xing W, Shao Q. 2015. How large are uncertainties in future projection of reference evapotranspiration through different approaches? J Hydrol. 524:696–700.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Xing W, Weiguang W, Quanxi S, Shizhang P, Zhongbo Y, Bin Y, John T. 2014. Changes of reference evapotranspiration in the Haihe River Basin: present observations and future projection from climatic variables through multi-model ensemble. Global Planet Change. 115:1–15.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yegbemey RN, Kabir H, Awoye OHR, Yabi JA, Paraïso AA. 2014. Managing the agricultural calendar as coping mechanism to climate variability: A case study of maize farming in northern Benin, West Africa. Climate Risk Manag. 3:13–23.
   Google Scholar
• Yegbemey RN, Yabi JA, Tovignan SD, Gantoli G, Kokoye SEH. 2013. Farmers’ decisions to adapt to climate change under various property rights: acase study of maize farming in Northern Benin (West Africa). Land Use Policy. 34:168–175.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang D, Liu X, Hong H. 2013. Assessing the effect of climate change on reference evapotranspiration in China. Stoch Env Res and Risk A. 27:1871–1881.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang X, Chen S, Sun H, Shao L, Wang Y. 2011. Changes in evapotranspiration over irrigated winter wheat and maize inNorth China Plain over three decades. Agric Water Manage. 98:1097–1104.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar