Study: Compound effects of heat, drought, and wind (HDW) pound Great Plains wheat

The compound effects of hot, dry, windy events account for a 4% yield reduction in Great Plains wheat, according to a K-State study published in Nature Communications.
The compound effects of hot, dry, windy events account for a 4% yield reduction in Great Plains wheat, according to a K-State study published in Nature Communications.

 

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State University researchers have published a study in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature Communications, quantifying the negative impacts that the triple punch of heat, drought and wind has had on wheat yields in Kansas and the surrounding region over the past 40 years.

Thei r f i n d i n g s are the first to quantify a connection between changes in the natio…