Extreme heat can accelerate wheat aging — an effect that reduces crop yields and is underestimated in most crop models. Climate warming may, therefore, present even greater challenges to wheat production than current models predict.
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Wheeler, T. Wheat crops feel the heat. Nature Clim Change 2, 152–153 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1425
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