The contribution of solar brightening to the US maize yield trend

Matthijs Tollenaar, Jon Fridgen, Priyanka Tyagi, Paul W. Stackhouse and Saratha Kumudini ()
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Jon Fridgen: Advanced Agrilytics
Priyanka Tyagi: North Carolina State University
Paul W. Stackhouse: NASA Langley Research Center

Nature Climate Change, 2017, vol. 7, issue 4, 275-278

Abstract: Gains in maize yield from the US Corn Belt have been attributed to agricultural technologies. A study now shows that solar brightening was responsible for approximately 27% of yield growth from 1984 to 2013.

Date: 2017
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