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Australian wheat beats the heat

Nature Climate Change volume 9, pages 189–190 (2019)Cite this article

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Collaborative research utilizing field trials and whole farm crop simulation enables adaptation of Australian wheat crop practices. Novel varieties sown earlier enable a longer growing season, which facilitates wheat yield increases despite an increasingly challenging climate.

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  1. Plant Production Systems Group at Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands

    Ken E. Giller

  2. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Frank Ewert

  3. Leibniz Center of Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany

    Frank Ewert

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Giller, K.E., Ewert, F. Australian wheat beats the heat. Nat. Clim. Chang. 9, 189–190 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0427-7

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