Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations in Eastern US Crop Production

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dc.contributor.advisorHill, Robert Len_US
dc.contributor.authorSalazar Lahera, Nataliaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Science and Technologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-14T05:48:41Z
dc.date.available2017-09-14T05:48:41Z
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractClimate change is affecting crop production in the Eastern US and is expected to continue doing so unless adaptation measures are employed. In the first study, we conducted surveys and interviews to identify crop management practices currently used as adaptations in the Mid-Atlantic US. The results pointed to a variety of water and soil management practices, changes in crop characteristics, and changes in planting dates. In the second study, we used the Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender (APEX) model to evaluate future climate change impacts and adaptations in Eastern US corn-soybean rotation systems. The effects of climate change on yields ranged from decreases to increases, generally improving with latitude and worsening with time. Climate change affected corn yields more negatively or less positively than soybean yields. No-tillage and rye cover cropping did not serve as effective adaptations in regards to yields. In fact, planting rye after corn and soybeans reduced corn yields.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2154DP7H
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/20024
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAgricultureen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledClimate changeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAdaptationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledClimate changeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCropen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledImpacten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledModelen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSurveyen_US
dc.titleClimate Change Impacts and Adaptations in Eastern US Crop Productionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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