Optimizing Dryland Crop Management to Regional Climate. Part II: U.S. Southern High Plains Grain Sorghum Production

Sorghum's heat and drought tolerance make it, together with upland cotton, one of two crops produced profitably under dryland conditions in the U.S. Southern High Plains (SHP). Here, a simulation-based method evaluates management options that increase median (50th percentile) SHP dryland sorghu...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Main Authors:	Steven Mauget, Kritika Kothari, Gary Leiker, Yves Emendack, Zhanguo Xin, Chad Hayes, Srinivasulu Ale, R. Louis Baumhardt
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Subjects:	managing to climatology climate-optimal agricultural management agricultural risk management U.S. southern high plains DSSAT CERES-sorghum dryland sorghum production
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsufs.2019.00119/full