Yield stability is a key component of agroecosystem
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The gap
Yield stability is a key component of agroecosystem resilience under global change, yet it remains unclear whether some cropping systems are more stable than others.
Evidence profile
Stated in the inline gaps and cells research gap and abstract sections of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 378 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps
- Impact of heat stress during late grain filling on head rice yield in rice: prioritizing milling yield traits using a bioeconomic quantitative genetic model (2026) · Cereal Research Communications · doi
Revista Brasileira De Engenharia Agrícola E Ambiental 26 (5) Ray DK, Mueller ND, West PC, Foley JA (2013) Yield trends are insufficient to double global crop production by 2050.
generalstated in inline gapsevidence 5/5Keywords: revista brasileira engenharia cola ambiental mueller west foley yield trends insufficient double global crop production - Harnessing polyploidy for climate-resilient crops: Lessons from the evolutionary model, allotetraploid cotton (2026) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · cited 1× · doi
The development of agricultural systems and crop varieties with enhanced resilience is hindered by the slow pace of traditional breeding. - The reliance on a limited genetic pool within elite cultivars limits the development of varieties with broad-spectrum resilience.
generalstated in cells research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: development agricultural systems crop varieties enhanced resilience hindered - Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse gas emissions and improves soil health (2024) · Nature Communications · cited 377× · doi
There is a need to balance yield increases with environmental sustainability in food production. - Conventional food production systems have environmental drawbacks. - Diversifying crop rotation can potentially address these challenges.
generalstated in cells research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: there need balance yield increases environmental sustainability food - Mean yield gap explains differences in yield stability between organic and conventional systems (2026) · bioRxiv · doi
Yield stability is a key component of agroecosystem resilience under global change, yet it remains unclear whether some cropping systems are more stable than others.
generalstated in abstractevidence 2/5Keywords: yield stability component agroecosystem resilience global change remains unclear whether cropping systems stable others
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