Extreme low temperature is the key meteorological limiting factor for winter wheat yield in Shihezi
Shuai Zhang, Haonan Hu, Jingting Peng, Jianrong Zhai, Mingfeng Yang · 2026
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Shuai Zhang, Haonan Hu, Jingting Peng, Jianrong Zhai, and Mingfeng Yang published a 2026 crop study asking which weather factor most limits winter wheat yield in Shihezi. Shihezi is a farming region in Xinjiang, China. Extreme weather is growing more frequent under climate change. Local food security planning needs to know which extreme matters most.
The team matched wheat yields from 1980 to 2024 with daily weather records from a local station. They covered rainfall, sunshine, several temperature measures, and wind. Each factor's effect was scored by a yield loss ratio, with extremes defined by a standard anomaly scale. Extreme low temperature, read from the daily minimum, emerged as the key limiting factor. The finding tells local growers where protection efforts pay off most.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shuai Zhang, Haonan Hu, Jingting Peng, Jianrong Zhai, Mingfeng Yang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |