Closing the global ozone yield gap: quantification, co-benefits and multi-stress tolerance

The study estimates that tropospheric ozone significantly reduces global yields for soybean, wheat, rice, and maize, with the highest losses occurring in regions already stressed by pests, heat, and nutrient deficiencies. It advocates for integrating ozone tolerance into crop breeding programmes and altering management approaches to close the 'ozone yield gap'.

• Tropospheric ozone (based on 2010–2012 means) causes significant annual global yield reductions across four major crops, totaling 227 Tg of lost yield. The impact varies by crop, with soybean being the most sensitive and maize the least.
• The highest ozone-induced production losses are geographically concentrated: soybean losses are highest in North and South America; wheat in India and China; rice in parts of India, Bangladesh, China, and Indonesia; and maize in China and the United States.
• Regions suffering high ozone-induced crop losses frequently overlap with areas vulnerable to other abiotic and biotic stresses, including heat stress, pests, diseases, aridity, and nutrient stress.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2018). Closing the global ozone yield gap: quantification, co-benefits and multi-stress tolerance. https://www.sei.org/publications/closing-global-ozone-yield-gap-quantification-cobenefits-multistress-tolerance/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Closing the global ozone yield gap: quantification, co-benefits and multi-stress tolerance. 2018. https://www.sei.org/publications/closing-global-ozone-yield-gap-quantification-cobenefits-multistress-tolerance/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2018closing, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Closing the global ozone yield gap: quantification, co-benefits and multi-stress tolerance}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2018}, month = aug, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/closing-global-ozone-yield-gap-quantification-cobenefits-multistress-tolerance/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }