Climate change impacts on the accumulation of growing degree days for corn in central Mexico

Temperature is the main driving factor for plant development and growth and determines, in an important way, crop yields and is projected to increase under various climate change scenarios, which is expected to affect the thermo-sensitive crop like corn. Therefore, an attempt has been made to ident...

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Main Authors: ALEJANDRO CRUZ-GONZÁLEZ, RAMÓN ARTEAGA-RAMÍREZ, ALEJANDRO ISMAEL MONTERROSO-RIVAS, IGNACIO SÁNCHEZ-COHEN, JESÚS SORIA-RUIZ, ABEL QUEVEDO-NOLASCO
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Published: Association of agrometeorologists 2025-03-01
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author ALEJANDRO CRUZ-GONZÁLEZ
RAMÓN ARTEAGA-RAMÍREZ
ALEJANDRO ISMAEL MONTERROSO-RIVAS
IGNACIO SÁNCHEZ-COHEN
JESÚS SORIA-RUIZ
ABEL QUEVEDO-NOLASCO
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RAMÓN ARTEAGA-RAMÍREZ
ALEJANDRO ISMAEL MONTERROSO-RIVAS
IGNACIO SÁNCHEZ-COHEN
JESÚS SORIA-RUIZ
ABEL QUEVEDO-NOLASCO
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description Temperature is the main driving factor for plant development and growth and determines, in an important way, crop yields and is projected to increase under various climate change scenarios, which is expected to affect the thermo-sensitive crop like corn. Therefore, an attempt has been made to identify the spatio-temporal behavior of temperature, through the accumulation of growing degree days (GDD) in the Atlacomulco Rural Development District (ARDD) of Mexico. The maximum and minimum temperatures for the historical period 1985-2017 and projected under the SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5 climate scenarios for distant time horizon (2061-2080) were analysed. It was identified that the average GDD in the ARDD corresponds to 1,440 ºC, being the northern zone the one with the highest accumulation with up to 1800 ºC. SSP2-4.5 identifies an increase of 298 ºC with respect to historical values, while SSP5-8.5 indicates the greatest increase of up to 33% in the accumulation of GDD with an average value of 1,914 ºC. The warming that is projected in the distant horizon allows identifying warm characteristics in the ARDD, which could increase corn production in this temperate climate.
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spelling doaj-art-db47f7fc35644fa0aaaef7f5e05f22dd2025-08-20T02:25:13ZengAssociation of agrometeorologistsJournal of Agrometeorology0972-16652583-29802025-03-0127110.54386/jam.v27i1.2783Climate change impacts on the accumulation of growing degree days for corn in central MexicoALEJANDRO CRUZ-GONZÁLEZ0RAMÓN ARTEAGA-RAMÍREZ1ALEJANDRO ISMAEL MONTERROSO-RIVAS2IGNACIO SÁNCHEZ-COHEN3JESÚS SORIA-RUIZ4ABEL QUEVEDO-NOLASCO5Posgrado en Ingeniería Agrícola y Uso Integral del Agua, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, km.38.5 Carretera México-Texcoco, Texcoco, Estado de México, México CP. 56230Depatamento de Irrigación. Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, km.38.5 Carretera México-Texcoco, Estado de México, México. CP. 56230Departamento de Suelos, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo. Carretera México-Texcoco km 36.5, Texcoco, Estado de México, México CP. 56230Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias - Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria en Relación Agua-Suelo-Planta-Atmósfera. Gómez Palacio, Durango. México. CP. 35140Laboratorio de Geomática - Sitio Experimental Metepec - Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias. Carretera Toluca-Zitácuaro, Zinacantepec, Estado de México, México. CP. 52176Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Montecillo. Carretera México-Texcoco km 36.5, Texcoco, Estado de México. México. C. P. 56264 Temperature is the main driving factor for plant development and growth and determines, in an important way, crop yields and is projected to increase under various climate change scenarios, which is expected to affect the thermo-sensitive crop like corn. Therefore, an attempt has been made to identify the spatio-temporal behavior of temperature, through the accumulation of growing degree days (GDD) in the Atlacomulco Rural Development District (ARDD) of Mexico. The maximum and minimum temperatures for the historical period 1985-2017 and projected under the SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5 climate scenarios for distant time horizon (2061-2080) were analysed. It was identified that the average GDD in the ARDD corresponds to 1,440 ºC, being the northern zone the one with the highest accumulation with up to 1800 ºC. SSP2-4.5 identifies an increase of 298 ºC with respect to historical values, while SSP5-8.5 indicates the greatest increase of up to 33% in the accumulation of GDD with an average value of 1,914 ºC. The warming that is projected in the distant horizon allows identifying warm characteristics in the ARDD, which could increase corn production in this temperate climate. https://journal.agrimetassociation.org/index.php/jam/article/view/2783Climate scenarioLARS-WGThermal weatherCorn productionGDDCMIP6
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RAMÓN ARTEAGA-RAMÍREZ
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IGNACIO SÁNCHEZ-COHEN
JESÚS SORIA-RUIZ
ABEL QUEVEDO-NOLASCO
Climate change impacts on the accumulation of growing degree days for corn in central Mexico
Journal of Agrometeorology
Climate scenario
LARS-WG
Thermal weather
Corn production
GDD
CMIP6
title Climate change impacts on the accumulation of growing degree days for corn in central Mexico
title_full Climate change impacts on the accumulation of growing degree days for corn in central Mexico
title_fullStr Climate change impacts on the accumulation of growing degree days for corn in central Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Climate change impacts on the accumulation of growing degree days for corn in central Mexico
title_short Climate change impacts on the accumulation of growing degree days for corn in central Mexico
title_sort climate change impacts on the accumulation of growing degree days for corn in central mexico
topic Climate scenario
LARS-WG
Thermal weather
Corn production
GDD
CMIP6
url https://journal.agrimetassociation.org/index.php/jam/article/view/2783
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