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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (14): 107-112.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb18120126

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Climate Change Affects Major Crops’ Yield in Qaidam Basin

Wang Fake, Lei Yuhong, Du Zhanliang, Cai Yuqin   

  1. Meteorological Bureau of Golmud City, Goldmud Qinghai 816099
  • Received:2018-12-29 Revised:2019-03-16 Online:2020-05-15 Published:2020-05-20

Abstract:

To provide scientific support for making use of climatic resources rationally and improving the potential of crop production, the data of temperature, precipitation and yield of main crops (wheat, rape) in Qaidam Basin from 1991 to 2017 were used to analyze the main climatic factors (temperature and precipitation), the variation characteristics of crop yield and the influence of climate factors on crop yield by mathematical statistics method. The results showed that: (1) the annual average temperature in the Qaidam Basin increased significantly from 1991 to 2017, with a warming rate of 0.5℃/10 a, and a slight increase in precipitation of 16.5 mm/10 a, the climate tended to be warm and wet; (2) the increase trend of crop yield was obvious, the average annual increase of wheat was 73.0 kg/hm 2, the average annual increase of rape was 37.9 kg/hm 2; the interannual change of wheat relative to meteorological yield was obvious, and that of rape was more frequent; (3) there was a significant correlation between the crop yield and annual average temperature and annual precipitation, when the temperature increased by 1.0℃, the wheat yield increased by 845.8 kg/hm 2, the rape yield increased by 454.5 kg/hm 2; for every 10 mm increase of precipitation, the wheat yield increased by 140.0 kg/hm 2and the rape yield increased by 74.0 kg/hm 2, the effect of temperature on crop yield was greater than that of precipitation.

Key words: Qaidam Basin, climate change, crop yield, effect

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