THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGES ON MAIZE GRAIN YIELD IN CENTRAL TRANSILVANIA IN EARLY SOWING CONDITIONS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1199/aar.2025.143Keywords:
maize, climate conditions, grain production, early sowingAbstract
The main climatic factors that have changed in recent years have had a negative influence primarily on maize production. Scientists in the field are making efforts to obtain maize biotypes capable of overcoming these changes, but until these results are obtained, intervention in crop technology remains a possibility. In solving this problem for the time being, we have developed earlier sowing without waiting for the minimum germination threshold to be achieved in the soil. Finding hybrids with resistance to temperatures lower than 10 °C at germination has been a constant concern. In this study, we present the evolution of the average daily temperature and the amount of precipitation compared to the multiannual average and the maize production achieved at R.D.S.C.B. Târgu Mureș. REZUMAT Principali factori climatici care au cunoscut modificări în ultimii ani, au avut o influență negativă privind în primul rând producția la cultura porumbului. Oamenii de știință din domeniu depun eforturi în obținerea de biotipuri de porumb capabile să treacă peste aceste schimbări, dar până la obținerea acestor rezultate intervenția în tehnologia de cultură rămâne o posibilitate. În rezolvarea pe moment a acestui deziderat am elaborat semănatul mai timpuriu fără a aștepta realizarea în sol a pragului minim de germinare. Găsirea unor hibrizi cu rezistență la temperaturi mai mici de 10 °C la încolțire a fost o preocupare constantă. În acest studiu prezentăm evoluția temperaturii medii zilnice și cantitatea de precipitații în comparație cu media mutianuală și producția de porumb boabe realizată la SCDCB Târgu Mureș.References
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