Higher forage yields under temperate drought explained by lower transpiration rates under increasing evaporative demand

Agriculture & Biology

• evaporative demand 100%
• forage yield 87%
• vapor pressure deficit 85%
• transpiration 65%
• drought 55%
• soil water 25%
• forage 23%
• gas exchange 19%
• soil water deficit 13%
• roosters 12%
• forage crops 12%
• forage quality 11%
• Trifolium pratense 11%
• Mediterranean climate 11%
• cultivars 11%
• growth chambers 10%
• Lolium perenne 10%
• cropping systems 9%
• alfalfa 9%
• climate change 8%
• water 8%
• digestibility 8%
• canopy 8%
• summer 6%
• carbon 6%
• breeding 6%
• genotype 6%
• crops 5%
• leaves 4%
• temperature 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• forage 77%
• transpiration 76%
• vapor pressure 72%
• drought 56%
• demand 46%
• cultivar 25%
• soil moisture 24%
• rate 23%
• gas exchange 23%
• forage crop 16%
• temperate environment 14%
• digestibility 14%
• alfalfa 12%
• water saving 11%
• genotype 11%
• breeding 10%
• cropping practice 10%
• water use 9%
• canopy 8%
• soil water 8%
• crop 7%
• well 6%
• summer 5%
• carbon 5%
• need 5%
• temperature 3%