Original title: The influence of reduced precipitation supply on spring barley yields and the ability of crop growth models to simulate drought stress
Authors: Pohanková, Eva ; Orság, Matěj ; Hlavinka, Petr
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Global Change: A Complex Challenge /4th/, Brno (CZ), 2015-03-23 / 2015-03-24
Year: 2015
Language: eng
Abstract: This paper evaluates the first year (2014) of results from a field experiment with spring barley (cultivar Bojos) under reduced precipitation supply. The field experiment was carried out at an experimental station in the Czech Republic and consisted of small plots in two variants and three repetitions. The first variant was uncovered, and the second was partly covered to exclude rain throughout the entire vegetation season. For plots’ partial covering, a material was used to divert rainwater away from 70% of the plots. The main aim was to determine whether there are any differences in soil water content or in grain yield size between uncovered and partly covered plots and to compare the results obtained. Data measured in this field experiment were used to compare simulations of this field experiment in the DAISY crop growth model. Subsequently, the crop growth model’s ability to simulate grain yield, which was affected by drought stress, was explored. In reality, differences in phenological development and grain yield size were not evident. Reducing precipitation supply in DAISY by about 70% led to simulations of covered plots with reduced grain yield in accordance with the initial hypothesis. Agreement between observed and simulated grain yield was evaluated using selected statistical indicators: root mean square error (RMSE) as a parameter of average magnitude of error and mean bias error (MBE) as an indicator of systematic error. RMSE of grain yield was 2.6 t ha−1. MBE revealed grain yield undervalued by 2.6 t ha−1.
Keywords: crop growth models; simulate drought stress; spring barley
Project no.: LO1415 (CEP), EE2.3.20.0248, QJ1310123 (CEP), LD13030 (CEP)
Funding provider: GA MŠk, GA MŠk, GA MZe, GA MŠk
Host item entry: Global Change: A Complex Challenge : Conference Proceedings, ISBN 978-80-87902-10-3

Institution: Global Change Research Institute AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0256871

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