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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2014, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (32): 165-171.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.2014-0295

Special Issue: 资源与环境 现代农业发展与乡村振兴 农业气象 农业生态

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A Review of Impacts of Drought on Agro-ecosystem

  

  • Received:2014-02-10 Revised:2014-02-10 Accepted:2014-03-19 Online:2014-11-20 Published:2014-11-20

Abstract: The author reviewed recent progress to understand the impacts of drought on agricultural ecosystems. The impacts of drought on accumulation and distribution of dry matter could be mainly well analyzed from cell to individual crop based on field experiments. Drought could significantly reduce the efficiency of photosynthesis through decreasing the stomatal conductance and the activity of enzyme. In the early stages of crop growing season, drought could properly increase the dry matter that transferred to root and improve water use efficiency, while in the middle and late stages, drought could directly affect above-ground biomass synthesis and reduce the crop yield. However, drought was a regional disaster which could last for a long time and affect various types of crop. The field observation was costly in time and resource, and the remote sensing could not reflect the impacts of drought on different types of crop. Along with the development of simulation technology, crop growth model based on the field observation could be effectively used for regional analysis. It could also accurately reflect the impacts of drought on different crops through different crop parameters. Crop growth model has become an important tool to carry out the impacts of drought on agricultural ecosystems.