Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Key Publications

Hoffmann, M.P., et al. (2016). Assessing the Potential for Zone-Specific Management of Cereals in Low-Rainfall South-Eastern Australia: Combining On-Farm Results and Simulation Analysis Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 203, 14–28.
DOI:10.1111/jac.12159

Kassie, B.T., Van Ittersum, M.K., Hengsdijk, H., Asseng, S., Wolf, J. & Rötter, R.P. (2014). Climate-induced yield variability and yield gaps of maize (Zea mays L.) in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia Field Crops Research 160, 41-53.
DOI:10.1016/j.fcr.2014.02.010

Climate risk, adaptation and mitigation

Asseng, S., et al. (2015). Rising temperatures reduce global wheat production Nature Climate Change 5, 143-147.
DOI:10.1038/nclimate2470

Hoffmann, M.P., et al. (2018). Exploring adaptations of groundnut cropping to prevailing climate variability and extremes in Limpopo Province, South Africa Field Crops Research 219, 1-13.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2018.01.019

Rötter, R.P., et al. (2018). Linking modelling and experimentation to better capture crop impacts of agroclimatic extremes - A review Field Crops Research 221, 142–156.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2018.02.023

Kahiluoto, H., et al. (2014). Cultivating resilience by empirically revealing response diversity Global Environmental Change 25, 186-193.
DOI:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.02.002

Rötter, R.P., et al. (2015). Use of crop simulation modelling to aid ideotype design of future cereal cultivars Journal of Experimental Botany 66, 3463-3476.
DOI:10.1093/jxb/erv098

Utilizing and managing genetic diversity

Rötter, R.P., Tao, F., Höhn, J.G., Palosuo, T. (2015) Use of crop simulation modelling to aid ideotype design of future cereal cultivars Journal of Experimental Botany 66 (12), 3463-3476
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv098erv098

Tao, F., Rötter, R.P., Palosuo, T., et al. (2016) Designing future barley ideotypes using a crop model ensemble European Journal of Agronomy 82(A), 144-162
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2016.10.012

Model development, evaluation and improvement

de Wit, A., et al. (2015). WOFOST developer's response to article by Stella et al. Environmental Modelling & Software 59, 44-58.
DOI:10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.07.005

Hoffmann, M.P., et al. (2014). Simulating potential growth and yield in oil palm with PALMSIM: Model description, evaluation and application Agricultural Systems 131, 1-10.
DOI:10.1016/j.agsy.2014.07.006

Rötter, R.P., et al. (2011). Crop–climate models need an overhaul Nature Climate Change 1, 175-177.
DOI:10.1038/nclimate1152

Rötter, R.P., et al. (2014). Robust uncertainty Nature Climate Change 4, 251-252.
DOI:10.1038/nclimate2181

Wallach, D., et al. (2016). Estimating model prediction error: Should you treat predictions as fixed or random? Environmental Modelling & Software 84, 529-539.
DOI:10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.07.010

Integrated analysis of agricultural systems and land use

Ewert, F., et al. (2015). Crop modelling for integrated assessment of risk to food production from climate change Environmental Modelling & Software 72, 287-303.
DOI:10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.12.003

Liu, X., et al. (2016). Dynamic economic modelling of crop rotations with farm management practices under future pest pressure Agricultural Systems 144, 65-76.
DOI:10.1016/j.agsy.2015.12.003

2025

Munawar, S., Ikram, R.M.,Roetter, R.P., Hussain,I., Afzal,M., Ghazy, A., Ahmad, S.,Ur-Rahman, M.H., (2025). Silicon seed inoculation enhances antioxidants, physiology and yield of hybrid
maize under heat stress, BMC Plant Biology
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-06399-9
Groenendijk, P., Babst, F., Trouet, V., Fan, Z., Granato-Souza, D., Locosselli, G., Mokria, M., Panthi, S., Pumijumnong, N., Abiyu, A., Acu˜na-Soto, R., Adenesky-Filho, E., Alfaro-S´anchez, R., Anholetto Junior, C.,...... Fichtler, E., ......Paredes-Villanueva, K. (2025). The importance of tropical tree-ring chronologies for global change research, Quaternary Science Reviews
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109233
Loftus, S., Sauer, A.M., Schneider, E.M., Erugoti, L.K.,Tharanya, M., Rötter, R.P., Kholová, J., Ahmed, M., Dippold, M. (2025). Distinct water and phosphorus extraction patterns are key to maintaining the productivity of sorghum under drought and limited soil resources, scientific reports
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88705-x
Munene, R., Mustafa, O., Loftus, S., Banfield, C.C., Rötter, R.P., Bore, E., Mweu, B., Mganga, K., Otieno, D., Ahmed, M., Dippold, M. (2025). Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhiza and exoenzymes to nitrogen acquisition of sorghum under drought, Frontiers in Plant Science
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2025.1514416/abstract
Han, J., Luo,Y., Zhang, Z., Xu, J., Chen, Y., Asseng,S.,Jägermeyr, J., Müller,C., Olesen,J.E., Rötter, R.P., Tao F. (2025). Planting area and production decreased for winter-triticeae crops but increased for rapeseed in Ukraine with climatic impacts dominating, Geography and Sustainability
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2024.08.006
Bringhenti,T., Moriondo,M., Abdulai, I., Joubert, E., Rötter, R.P., Taylor, P.J., Hoffmann, M.P. (2025). Adopting and evaluating a simple model for macadamia tree transpiration
in periodically water-scarce subtropical regions, Climate Risk Management
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2025.113970
Joseph, J.E., Rao, K.P.C. Swai, E. Whitbread,A.M.,Rötter, R.P.. (2025). How beneficial are seasonal climate forecasts for climate risk management? An appraisal for crop production in Tanzania, Climate Risk Management
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2024.100686
Pohanková, E., Hlavinka, P., Kersebaum, K. C., Nendel, C., Rodríguez, A., Balek, J.,Rötter, R.P. ...Hoffmann, M.... & Trnka, M. (2025). Climate change impacts on two European crop rotations via an ensemble of models, European Journal of Agronomy
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2024.127456
Wätzold, M. Y. L., Abdulai, I., Cooke, A., Krumbiegel, K., Ocampo-Ariza, C., Wenzel, A., & Wollni, M. (2025). Do voluntary sustainability standards improve socioeconomic and ecological outcomes? Evidence from Ghana's cocoa sector, Ecological Economics
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108474
Abdulai, I., Hoffmann,M. Kahiluoto, H., Dipppold, M.A., Ahmed, M.A., Asare, R., Asante, W.,Rötter, R. P. (2025). Functional groups of leaf phenology are key to build climate-resilience in cocoa agroforestry systemsAgriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109363

2024

Raza,A., Ud-Din, A.M., Yasin, H.S., Gul, H., Saeed, A., Mehmood, A., Ur-Rehman, S., Iqbal, Z, Iqbal, R., Al Kubaisi, N., Elshikh, M.S., Shah, G.A.,Zhiqi, W.,Ur-Rahman, M.H., Bin Khalid, M.H., Haider, I., Zhongming, M. (2024). Yield gains and resource use advantages driven by legume choice and row ratio in cotton/legume intercropping under arid-irrigated conditions Science Direct, Elsevier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2025.109789
Raza,A., Vianna, M.d.S., Ahmadi, S.H.,Ur-Rahman, M.H., Gaiser,T. (2024). Comparison of predictive modeling approaches to estimate soil erosion under spatially heterogeneous field conditions. Science Direct, Elsevier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2024.106145
Fronzek, S., Webber, H., Rötter, R. ,Ruane, A.C., Ewert, F. (2024). A daily time-step observed and scenario climate dataset on a European grid for crop modelling applications. Open Data Journal for Agricultural Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/odjar.v10i0.16398
Kohl, T., Niether, W. & Abdulai, I. (2024). Impact of common shade tree species on microclimate and cocoa growth in agroforestry systems in Ghana. Agroforest Syst. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-024-01029-z
Abdulai, I., Hoffmann, M. Kahiluoto, H., Dipppold, M.A., Ahmed, M.A., Asare, R., Asante, W.,Rötter, R. P., (2024). Functional groups of leaf phenology are key to build climate-resilience in cocoa agroforestry systemsAgriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109363>
Dueri, S., Brown, H.,...Kersebaum, K.C. ... Rötter, R. P., Martre, P. (2024). Winter Wheat Experiments to Optimize Sowing Dates and Densities in a High-Yielding Environment in New Zealand: Field Experiments and AgMIP-Wheat Multi-Model Simulations Open Data journal for Agricultural Research
https://doi.org/10.18174/odjar.v10i0.18442
Yazdan Bakhsh, S., Ayisi, K., Rötter, R. P., Twine, W., Feil, J. H. (2024). Typologies of South African small-scale farmers and their risk perceptions: an unsupervised machine learning approach. China Agricultural Economic Review. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1108/CAER-09-2022-0201
Han, J., Luo, Y., Zhang, Z., Xu, J., Chen, Y., Asseng, S., Jägermeyr, J., Müller, C., Olesen, J. E., Rötter, R., Tao, F. (2024). Planting area and production decreased for winter-triticeae crops but increased for rapeseed in Ukraine with climatic impacts dominating. Geography and Sustainability. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2024.08.006
Appiah, M., Bracho-Mujica, G., Svane, S., Styczen, M., Kersebaum, K. C., Rötter, R. P. (2024). Insights from utilizing data of different quality levels for simulating barley performance under Nordic conditions: The Agricultural Production Systems SIMulator model evaluation. In Silico Plants, 6(2), Article diae010.
https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diae010
Köster, M., Alam, I., Rana, J., Wiehle, M., Buerkert, A. (2024). A stony track towards innovation in remote highland regions: Agricultural intensification in the apricot sector of Northern Pakistan. Agriculture & Food Security, 13(1), 1–14.
https://agricultureandfoodsecurity.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40066-024-00475-3
Kahiluoto, H., Sakieh, Y., Kaseva, J., Kersebaum, K.-C., Minoli, S., Franke, J., Rötter, R. P., Müller, C. (2024). Redistribution of nitrogen to feed the people on a safer planet. - PNAS Nexus in PNAS Nexus, vol 3.
https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae170
Pohanková, E., Hlavinka, P., Kersebaum, K. C., Nendel, C., Rodríguez, A., Balek, J., Dubrovský, M., Gobin, A., Hoogenboom, G., Moriondo, M., Olesen, E. J., Rötter, R., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Shelia, V., Stella, T., Hoffmann, M. P., Takáč, J., Eitzinger, J., Dibari, C., Ferrise, R., Bohuslav, J., Bláhová, M., Trnka, M. (2024). Expected effects of climate change on the soil organic matter content related to contrasting agricultural management practices based on a crop model ensemble for locations in Czechia. European Journal of Agronomy, 156, 127165.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2024.127165
Müller, C., Jägermeyr, J., Franke, J. A., Ruane, A. C., Balkovic, J., Ciais, P., Dury, M., Falloon, P., Hank, T., Hoffmannn, M.P., Izaurralde, C., Khabarov, N., Liu, W., Olin, S., Pugh, M., Wang, X., Williams, K., & Zabel, F. (2024). Substantial differences in crop yield sensitivities between models call for functionality-based model evaluation. Earth's Future, 12,e2023EF003773.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2023EF003773
Bracho-Mujica, G., Rötter, R. P. , Haakana, M., Palosuo, T., Fronzek, S., Asseng, S., Yi, C., Ewert, F., Gaiser, T., Kassie, B., Paff, K., Rezaei, E.E., Rodriguez, A., Ruiz-Ramos, Margarita, Srivastava, A.K., Statonovitch, P., Tao. F., Semenov, M. A. (2024): Effects of changes in climatic means, variability, and agro-technologies on future wheat and maize yields at 10 sites across the globe. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 346,109887.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.109887
2023
- Dewi, E.S., Abdulai, I., Bracho-Mujica, G., Appiah, M., Rötter, R.P. (2023): Agronomic and Physiological Traits Response of Three Tropical Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) Cultivars to Drought and Salinity. Agronomy 13(11), 2788.
  DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13112788
- Appiah, M. , Abdulai, I., Schulman, A.H., Moshelion, M., Dewi, E.S., Daszkowska-Golec, A., Bracho-Mujica, G., Roetter, R.P. (2023): Drought response of water-conserving and non-conserving spring barley cultivars. Frontiers in Plant Science 14, 1247853.
  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1247853
- Guarin, J.R., Martre, P., Ewert, F., Webber, H., Dueri, S., Calderini, D., Reynolds, M., Molero, G., Miralles, D., Garcia, G., Slafer, G., Giunta, F., Pequeno, D., Stella, T., Ahmed, M., Alderman, P., Basso, B., Berger, A., Bindi, M., Bracho-Mujica. G., Cammarano, D., Chen, Y., Dumont, B., Rezaei, E. E., Fereres, E., Ferrise, R., Gaiser, T., Gao, Y., Garcia-Vila, M., Gayler, S., Hochman, Z., Hoogenboom, G., Hunt, F., Kersebaum, K.C., Nendel, C., Olesen, J., Palosuo, T., Priesack, E., Pullens, J., Rodriguez, A., Rotter, R.P., Ramos, M.R., Semenov, M., Senapati, N., Siebert, S., Srivastava, A., Stockle, C., Supit, I., Tao, F., Thorburn, P., Wang, E., Weber, T., Xiao, L., Zhang, Z., Zhao, C., Zhao, J., Zhao, Z., Zhu, Y., Asseng, S. (2023): A high-yielding traits experiment for modeling potential production of wheat: field experiments and AgMIP-Wheat multi-model simulations. Data Journal for Agricultural Research 9, 26-33.
  https://doi.org/10.18174/odjar.v9i0.18573
- Bringhenti, T., Joubert, E., Abdulai, I., Hoffmann, M. P., Moriondo, M., Taylor, P. J., Roetter, R. P. (2023): Effects of environmental drivers and irrigation on yields of macadamia orchards along an altitudinal gradient in South Africa.Scientia Horticulturae 321, 112326.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2023.112326
- Liu, B., Martre, P., Ewert, F., Webber, H., Waha, K., Thorburn, P.J., Ruane, A.C., Aggarwal, P.K., Ahmed, M., Balkovič, J., Basso, B., Biernath, C., Bindi, M., Cammarano, D., Cao, W., Challinor, A.J., Sanctis, G.D., Dumont, B., Espadafor, M., Rezaei, E., Fereres, E., Ferrise, R., Garcia-Vila, M., Gayler, S., Gao, Y., Horan, H., Hoogenboom, G., Izaurralde, R.C., Jabloun, M., Jones, C.D., Kassie, B.T., Kersebaum, K.C., Klein, C., Koehler, A.K., Maiorano, A., Minoli, S., San Martin, M.M., Müller, C.M., Kumar, S.N., Nendel, C., O’Leary, G.J., Olesen, J.E., Palosuo, T., Porter, J.R., Priesack, E., Ripoche, D., Rötter, R.P., Semenov, M.A., Stöckle, C., Stratonovitch, P., Streck, T., Supit, I., Tao, F., Velde, M.V., Wang, E., Wolf, J., Xiao, L., Zhang, Z., Zhao, A., Zhu, Y., Asseng, S., (2023): AgMIP-Wheat multi-model simulations on climate change impact and adaptation for global wheat. Open Data Journal for Agricultural Research 9, 10-25.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.18174/odjar.v9i0.18092
- Lam, Q.D., Rötter, R.P., Rapholo, E., Ayisi, K., Nelson, W.C.D., Odhiambo, J., Foord, S. (2023): Modelling maize yield impacts of improved water and fertilizer management in southern Africa using cropping system model coupled to an agro-hydrological model at field and catchment scale.The Journal of Agricultural Science 1-17.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859623000230
- Joseph, J.E., Akinseye, F.M., Worou, O.N., Faye, A., Konte, O., Whitebread, A.M., Rötter R.P. (2023): Assessment of the relations between crop yield variability and the onset and intensity of the West African Monsoon.Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 333, 109431
  DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109431
- Kaseva, J., Hakala, K., Högnäsbacka, M., Jauhiainen, L., Himanen, S.J., Rötter R.P., Balek, J., Trnka, M., Kahiluoto, H. (2023): Assessing climate resilience of barley cultivars in northern conditions during 1980–2020. Field Crops Research 293, 108856
  DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2023.108856
- Liu, K., Harrison, M.T., Yan, H., Liu, D.L., Meinke, H., Hoogenboom, G., Wang, B., Guan, K., Jaegermeyr, J., Wang, E., Zhang, F., Yin, X., Archontoulis, S., Nie, L., Badea, A., Man, J., Wallach, D., Zhao, J., Benjumeng, A.B., Fahad, S., Tian, X., Wand, W., Tao, F., Zhang, Z., Rötter, R,P., Yuan, Y., Zhu, M., Dai, P., Nie, J., Yang, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhou, M. (2023): Silver lining to a climate crisis in multiple prospects for alleviating crop waterlogging under future climates. Nature Communications 14, 765
  DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36129-4
- Nendel, C., Reckling, M., Debaeke, P., Schulz, S., Berg-Mohnicke, M., Constantin, J., Fronzek, S., Hoffmann, M., Jakšić, S., Kersebaum, K.C., Klimek-Kopyra, A., Raynal, H., Schoving, C., Stella, T., & Battisti, R. (2023): Future area expansion outweighs increasing drought risk for soybean in Europe. Global Change Biology 29, 1340– 1358
  DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16562
2022
- Guarin, J.R., Martre, P., Ewert, F., Webber, H., Dueri, S., Calderini, D., Reynolds, M., Molero, G., Miralles, D., Garcia, G., Slafer, G., Giunta, F., Pequeno, D., Stella, T., Ahmed, M., Alderman, P., Basso, B., Berger, A., Bindi, M., Bracho-Mujica, G., Cammarano, D., Chen, Y., Dumont, B., Rezaei, E.E., Fereres, E., Ferrise, R., Gaiser, T., Gao, Y., Garcia-Vila, M., Gayler, S., Hochman, Z., Hoogenboom, G., Hunt, F., Kersebaum, K.C., Nendel, C., Olesen, J., Palosuo, T., Priesack, E., Pullens, J., Rodriguez, A., Rotter, R.P., Ruzia-Ramos, M., Semenov, M., Senapati, N., Siebert, S., Srivastava, A.K, Stockle, C., Supit, I., Tao, F., Thorburn, P., Wang, E., Weber, T., Xiao, L., Zhang, Z., Zhao, C., Zhao, J., Zhao, Z., Zhu, Y., Asseng, S. (2022): Data from the AgMIP-Wheat high-yielding traits experiment for modeling potential production of wheat: field experiments and multi-model simulations [Dataset]; Harvard Dataverse; Version 1.0
  https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VKWKUP
- Groh, J., Diamantopoulos, E., Duan, X., Ewert, F., Heinlein, F., Herbst, M., Holbak, M., Kamali, B., Kersebaum, K.C., Kuhnert, M., Priesack, E., Steidl, J., Sommer, M., Pütz, T., Vanderborght, J., Vereecken, H., Wallor, E., Weber, T. K. D., Gerke, H. H. (2022): Same soil, different climate: Crop model intercomparison on translocated lysimeters. Vadose Zone Journal 21, e20202
  DOI: 10.1002/vzj2.20202
- Zhao, J., Bindi, M., Eitzinger, R., Gaile, Z., Gobin, A., Holzkämper, A., Kersebaum, K.C., Kozyra, J., Kriaučiūnienė, Z., Loitn, E., Nejedlik, P., Nendel, C., Niinemets, Ü., Palosuo, T., Peltonen-Sainior, P., Potopova, V., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Reidsma, P., Rijk, B., Trnka, M., van Ittersum, M., Olesen, J.E. (2022): Priority for climate adaptation measures in European crop production systems. European Journal of Agronomy 138, 126516
  DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2022.126516
- Ferreira, N.C.R., Rötter, R.P., Bracho-Mujica, G., Nelson, W.C.D., Lam, Q.D., Recktenwald, C., Abdulai, I., Odhiambo, J., Foord, S. (2022): Drought patterns: their spatiotemporal variability and impacts on maize production in Limpopo province, South Africa. International Journal of Biometeorolgy 67, 133–148
  DOI: 10.1007/s00484-022-02392-1
- Appiah, M., Bracho-Mujica, G., Ferreira, N.C.R., Schulman, A.H., Rötter, R.P. (2022): Projected impacts of sowing date and cultivar choice on the timing of heat and drought stress in spring barley grown along a European transect. Field Crops Research 291, 108768
  DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2022.108768
- Guarin, J.R., Martre, P., Ewert, F., Webber, H., Dueri, S., Calderini, D., Reynolds, M., Molero, G., Miralles, D., Garcia, G., Slafer, G., Giunta, F., Noleto Luz Pequeno, D., Stella, T., Ahmed, M., Alderman, P. D., Basso, B., Berger, A. G., Bindi, M., Bracho-Mujica, G., Cammarano, D., Chen, Y., Dumont, B., Rezaei, E.E., Fereres, E., Ferrise, R., Gaiser, T., Gao, Y., Garcia-Vila, S., Gayler, S., Hochman, Z., Hoogenboom, G., Hunt, L.A., Kersebaum, K.C., Nendel, C., Olesen, J., Palosuo, T., Priesack, E., Pullens, J., Rodriguez, A., Rötter, R.P., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Semenov, M. A., Senapati, N., Siebert, S., Kumar Srivastava, A., Stöckle, C. O., Supit, I., Tao, F., Thorburn, P. J., Wang, E., Weber, T.K. D., Xiao, L., Zhang, Z., Zhao, C., Zhao, J., Zhao, Z, Zhu, Y., Asseng, S. (2022): Evidence for increasing global wheat yield potential. Environmental Research Letters 17, 124045.
  DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aca77c
- Pfeiffer, M., Hoffmann, M. P., Scheiter, S., Nelson, W., Isselstein, J., Ayisi, K., Odhiambo, J. J., Rötter, R.P. (2022): Modeling the effects of alternative crop–livestock management scenarios on important ecosystem services for smallholder farming from a landscape perspective. Biogeosciences 19, 3935–3958
  DOI: 10.1038/s43016-022-00540-9
- Senapati, N., Semenov, M.A., Halford, N.G., Hawkesford, M.J., Asseng, S., Cooper, M., Ewert, F., van Ittersum, M.K., Martre, P., Olesen, J.E., Reynolds, M., Rötter, R.P., Webber, H. (2022): Global wheat production could benefit from closing the genetic yield gap. Nature Food 3, 532–541
  DOI: 10.5194/bg-19-3935-2022
- Nelson, W.C.D., Hoffmann, M.P., May, C., Mashao, F., Ayisi, K., Odhiambo, J., Bringhenti, T., Feil, J.H., Yazdan Bakhsh, S., Abdulai, I., Rötter, R.P. (2022): Tackling climate risk to sustainably intensify smallholder maize farming systems in southern Africa. Environmental Research Letters 17, 75005
  DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac77a3
- Dueri, S., Brown, H., Asseng, S., Ewert, F., Webber, H., George, M., Craigie, R., Guarin, J.R., Pequeno, D. N.L., Stella, T., Ahmed, M., Alderman, P.D., Basso, B., Berger, A.G., Bracho-Mujica, G., Cammarano, D., Chen, Y., Dumont, B., Rezaei, E.E., Fereres, E., Ferrise, R., Gaiser, T., Gao, Y., Garcia-Vila, M., Gayler, S., Hochman, Z., Hoogenboom, G., Kersebaum, K.C., Nendel, C., Olesen, J.E., Padovan, G., Palosuo, T., Priesack, E., Pullens, J.W.M., Rodríguez, A., Rötter, R.P., Ramos, M.R., Semenov, M.A., Senapati, N., Siebert, S., Srivastava, A K., Stöckle, C., Supit, I., Tao, F., Thorburn, P., Wang, E., Weber, T.K.D., Xiao, L., Zhao, C., Zhao, J., Zhao, Z., Zhu, Y., Martre, P. (2022): Simulation of winter wheat response to variable sowing dates and densities in a high-yielding environment. Journal of experimental botany 73(16), 5715-5729
  DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac221
- Wang, E., He, D., Wang, J., Lilley, J.M., Christy, B., Hoffmann, M.P., O’Leary, G., Hatfield, J.L., Ledda, L., Deligios, P.A., Grant, B., Jing, Q., Nendel, C., Kage, H., Qian, B., Eyshi Rezaei, E., Smith, W., Weymann, W., Ewert, F. (2022): How reliable are current crop models for simulating growth and seed yield of canola across global sites and under future climate change? Climatic Change 172, 20
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- Meyer zu Drewer, J., Köster, M., Abdulai, I., Rötter, R.P., Hagemann, N., Schmidt, H.P. (2022): Impact of Different Methods of Root-Zone Application of Biochar-Based Fertilizers on Young Cocoa Plants: Insights from a Pot-Trial.Horticulturae 8, 328
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2021

Nelson, W.C.D., Hoffmann, M.P., Vadez, V., Rötter, R.P., Koch, M., Whitbread, A.M. (2021): Can intercropping be an adaption to drought? A model-based analysis for pearl millet-cowpea. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 00, 1– 18
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Nelson, W.C.D., Siebrecht-Schöll, D.J., Hoffmann, M.P., Rötter, R.P., Whitbread, A.M., Link, W.(2021): What determines a productive winter bean-wheat genotype combination for intercropping in central Germany? European Journal of Agronomy 127, 126294
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Palosuo, T., Hoffmann, M.P., Rötter, R.P., Lehtonen, H.S.(2021): Sustainable intensification of crop production under alternative future changes in climate and technology: The case of the North Savo region. Agricultural Systems, 190, 103135
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2020

Corbeels, M., Naudin, K., Whitbread, A.M., Kühne, R. & Letourmy, P.(2020): Limits of conservation agriculture to overcome low crop yields in sub-Saharan Africa. Nature Food 1, 447–454
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Savary, S., Akter, S., Almekinders, C., Harris, J., Korsten, L., Rötter, R., Waddington, S., Watson, D.(2020): Mapping disruption and resilience mechanisms in food systems. Food Security 12, 695–717
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Franke, J. A., Müller, C., Elliott, J., Ruane, A. C., Jägermeyr, J., Balkovic, J., Ciais, P., Dury, M., Falloon, P.D., Folberth C., François, L., Hank, T., Hoffmann, M., Izaurralde, R.C., Jacquemin, I., Jones, C., Khabarov, N., Koch, M., Moyer, E.J.(2020): The GGCMI Phase 2 experiment: global gridded crop model simulations under uniform changes in CO 2, temperature, water, and nitrogen levels (protocol version 1.0). Geoscientific Model Development 13(5), 2315-2336
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Hoffmann, M. P., Swanepoel, C. M., Nelson, W. C. D., Beukes, D. J., van der Laan, M., Hargreaves, J. N. G., Rötter, R. P.(2020): Simulating medium-term effects of cropping system diversification on soil fertility and crop productivity in southern Africa. European Journal of Agronomy 119, 126089
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Leolini, L., Costafreda-Aumedes, S., A Santos, J., Menz, C., Fraga, H., Molitor, D., Merante, P. & van Leeuwen, C.(2020): Phenological Model Intercomparison for Estimating Grapevine Budbreak Date (Vitis vinifera L.) în Europe. Applied Science 10(11), 3800
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Abdulai, I., Hoffmann, M. P., Jassogne, L., Asare, R., Graefe, S., Tao, H. H., Muilermand, S., Vaasti, P., Van Astenc, P., Läderachl, P., Rötter, R. P. (2020): Variations in yield gaps of smallholder cocoa systems and the main determining factors along a climate gradient in Ghana. Agricultural Systems 181, 102812
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Hoffmann, M., Cock, J., Samson, M., Janetski, N., Janetski, K., Rötter, R.P., Fisher, M., Oberthür, T.(2020): Fertilizer management in smallholder cocoa farms of Indonesia under variable climate and market prices. 178, 102759
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Sarmiento-Soler, A., Vaast, P., Hoffmann, M. P., Jassogne, L., van Asten, P., Graefe, S., Rötter, R. P.(2020): Effect of cropping system, shade cover and altitudinal gradient on coffee yield components at Mt. Elgon, Uganda. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 295, 106887
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2019

Bracho-Mujica, G., Hayman, P. T. and Ostendorf, B.(2019): Modelling long-term risk profiles of wheat grain yield with limited climate data. Agricultural Systems 173, 393–402
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Fronzek, S., Webber, H. A., Rötter, R.P., Ruane, A.C., Ewert, F.(2019): A daily time-step observed and scenario climate dataset on a European grid for crop modelling applications - Version 2.
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Rapholo, E., Odhiambo, J.J.O., Nelson, W.C.D., Rötter, R.P., Ayisi, K., Koch, M., Hoffmann, M.P.(2019): Maize–lablab intercropping is promising in supporting the sustainable intensification of smallholder cropping systems under high climate risk in southern Africa. Experimental Agriculture 56(1), 104-117
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Tao, F., Palosuo, T., Rötter, R.P., Hernández Díaz-Ambrona, C.G., Mínguez, M.I., Semenov, M.A., Kersebaum, K.C., Cammarano, D., Specka, X., Nendel, C., Srivastava, A.K., Ewert, F., Padovan, G., Ferrise, R., Martre, P., Rodríguez, L., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Gaiser, T., Höhn, J.G., Salo, T., Dibari, C., Schulman, A.H.(2019): Why do crop models diverge substantially in climate impact projections? A comprehensive analysis based on eight barley crop models. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 281, 107851
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2018

Abdulai, I., L. Jassogne, S. Graefe, R. Asare, P. Van Asten, P. Läderach, P. Vaast.(2018): Characterization of cocoa production, income diversification and shade tree management along a climate gradient in Ghana. PLoS ONE 13, 4
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Abdulai, I., Vaast, P., Hoffmann, M.P., Asare, R., Jassogne, L., van Asten, P., Rötter, R.P., Graefe, S. (2018):Cocoa agroforestry is less resilient to sub-optimal and extreme climate than cocoa in full sun: Reply to Norgrove (2017). Global Change Biology 24(5), e733-e740
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Asseng, S., Martre, P., Maiorano, A., Rötter, R. P., O’Leary, G. J., Fitzgerald, G. J., Girousse, C., Motzo, R., Giunta, F., Babar, M. A., Reynolds, M. P., Kheir, A. M. S., Thorburn, P. J., Waha, K., Ruane, A. C., Aggarwal, P. K., Ahmed, M., Balkovič, J., Basso, B., Biernath, C., Ewert, F., et al.(2018): Climate change impact and adaptation for wheat protein. Global Change Biology 00, 1-19
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Durand, J.L., Delusca, K., Boote, K., Lizaso, J., Manderscheid, R., Weigel, H.J., Ruane, A.C., Rosenzweig, C., Jones, J., Ahuja, L., Anapalli, S., Basso, B., Baron, C., Bertuzzi, P., Biernath, C., Deryng, D., Ewert, F., Gaiser, T., Gayler, S., Heinlein, F., Kersebaum, K.C., Kim, S.H., Müller, C., Nendel, C., Olioso, A., Priesack, E., Villegas, J.R., Ripoche, D., Rötter, R.P., Seidel, S.I., Srivastava, A., Tao, F., Timlin, D., Twine, T., Wang, E., Webber, H., Zhao, Z.(2018): How accurately do maize crop models simulate the interactions of atmospheric CO2 concentration levels with limited water supply on water use and yield? EUR J AGRON 100, 67-75
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Hoffmann, M.P., M. Haakana, S. Asseng, J.G. Höhn, T. Palosuo, M. Ruiz-Ramos, S. Fronzek, F. Ewert, T. Gaiser, B.T. Kassie, K. Paff, E.E. Rezaei, A. Rodríguez, M. Semenov, A.K. Srivastava, P. Stratonovitch, F. Tao, Y. Chen, R.P. Rötter(2018): How does inter-annual variability of attainable yield affect the magnitude of yield gaps for wheat and maize? An analysis at ten sites. Agricultural Systems 159, 199-208
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Hoffmann, M. P., Johannes Isselstein, Reimund P. Rötter, Manfred Kayser.(2018): Nitrogen management in crop rotations after the break-up of grassland: Insights from modelling. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 259, 28–44
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Hoffmann, M. P., J. J.O. Odhiambo, M. Koch, K. K.Ayisi, G. Zhao, A. S. Soler, R.P. Rötter(2018): Exploring adaptations of groundnut cropping to prevailing climate variability and extremes in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Field Crops Research 219, 1-13.
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Koebsch, F., Winkel, M., Liebner, S., Liu, B., Westphal, J., Schmiedinger, I., Spitzy, A., Gehre, M., Jurasinski, G., Köhler, S., Unger, V., Koch, M., Sachs, T., Böttcher, M.E.(2018): Sulfate deprivation triggers high methane production in a disturbed and rewetted coastal peatland. Biogeosciences 16, 1937–1953
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Montesino-San Martin M., D. Wallach, J.E. Olesen, A.J. Challinor, M.P. Hoffmann, A.K. Koehler, R.P. Roetter, J.R. Porter.(2018): Data requirements for crop modelling—Applying the learning curve approach to the simulation of winter wheat flowering time under climate change. European Journal of Agronomy 95, 33–44
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Morris, H., Gillingham, M.A.F., Plavcová, L., Gleason, S.M., Olson, M.E., Coomes, D.A., Fichtler, E., Klepsch, M.M., Martínez-Cabrera, H.I., McGlinn, D.J., Wheeler, E.A., Zheng, J., Ziemińska, K., Jansen, S.(2018):Vessel diameter is related to amount and spatial arrangement of axial parenchyma in woody angiosperms. Plant Cell & Environment 41(1), 245-260
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Nelson, W.C.D., M.P. Hoffmann, V. Vadez, R.P. Roetter, A.M. Whitbread.(2018): Testing pearl millet and cowpea intercropping systems under high temperatures Field Crops Research 217, 150-166
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Pirttioja, N., Palosuo, T., Fronzek, S., Räisänen, J., Rötter, R. P., & Carter, T. R. (2018): Using impact response surfaces to analyse the likelihood of impacts on crop yield under probabilistic climate change. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 264, 213-224
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Rahn, E., T. Liebig, J. Ghazoul, P. van Asten, P. Läderach, P. Vaast, A. Sarmiento, C. Garcia, L. Jassogne.(2018): Opportunities for sustainable intensification of coffee agro-ecosystems along an altitudinal gradient on Mt. Elgon, Uganda. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 263, 31–40
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Rötter, R.P., M. Appiah, E. Fichtler, K.C. Kersebaum, M. Trnka, M.P Hoffmann .(2018): Linking modelling and experimentation to better capture crop impacts of agroclimatic extremes - A review. Field Crops Research 221, 142–156
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Rötter, R.P., Hoffmann, M.P., Koch, M., Müller, C.(2018): Progress in modelling agricultural impacts of and adaptations to climate change. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 45(B), 255-261
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Ruiz-Ramos, M., R. Ferrise, A. Rodríguez, I. J. Lorite, M. Bindi, T.R. Carter, S. Fronzek, T. Palosuo, N. Pirttioja, P. Baranowski, S. Buis, D. Cammarano, Y. 4 Chen, B. Dumont, F. Ewert,T. Gaiser, P. Hlavinka, H. Hoffmann, J.G. Höhn, F. Jurecka, K.C. Kersebaum, J. Krzyszczak, M. Lana, A. Mechiche-Alami, J. Minet, M. Montesino, C. Nendel, J.R. Porter, F. Ruget, M. A. Semenov, Z. Steinmetz, P. Stratonovitch, I. Supit, F. Tao, M. Trnka, A. de Wit and R. P. Rötter. (2018):Adaptation response surfaces for managing wheat under perturbed climate and CO2 in a Mediterranean environment. Agricultural Systems 159, 260-274
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Swanepoel, C.M., R.P. Rötter, M. van der Laan, J.G. Annandale, D.J. Beukes, C.C. du Preez, L.H. Swanepoel, A. van der Merwe, M.P. Hoffmann.(2018): The benefits of conservation agriculture on soil organic carbon and yield in southern Africa are site-specific. Soil and Tillage Research 183, 72-82
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Tao, F., Rötter, R.P., Palosuo, T., Díaz-Ambrona, C.G.H., Inés Mínguez, M., Semenov, M.A., Kersebaum, K-C., Nendel, C., Specka, X., Hoffmann, H., Ewert, F., Dambreville, A., Martre, P., Rodríguez, L., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Gaiser, T., Höhn, J.G., Salo, T., Ferrise, R., Bindi, M., Cammarano, D., Schulman, A.H.(2018): Contribution of crop model structure, parameters and climate projections to uncertainty in climate change impact assessments. Global Change Biology 24(3), 1291-1307
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Tao, H.-H., C. Donough, J. Gerendas, M.P. Hoffmann, A. Cahyo, H. Sugianto, R. Wandri, G. Abdul Rahim, M. Fisher, R.P. Rötter, K. Dittert, L. Pardon, T. Oberthür.(2018): Fertilizer management effects on oil palm yield and nutrient use efficiency on sandy soils with limited water supply in Central Kalimantan. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 112(3), 317-333
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Wallach, D., Martre, P., Liu, B., Asseng, S., Ewert, F., Thorburn, P.J., van Ittersum, M., Aggarwal, P.K., Ahmed, M., Basso, B., Biernath, C., Cammarano, D., Challinor, A.J., De Sanctis, G., Dumont, B., Eyshi Rezaei, E., Fereres, E., Fitzgerald, G.J., Gao, Y., Garcia-Vila, M., Gayler, S., Girousse, C., Hoogenboom, G., Horan, H., Izaurralde, R.C., Jones, C.D., Kassie, B.T., Kersebaum, K.C., Klein, C., Koehler, A.K., Maiorano, A., Minoli, S., Müller, C., Naresh Kumar, S., Nendel, C., O’Leary, G.J., Palosuo, T., Priesack, E., Ripoche, D., Rötter, R.P., Semenov, M.A., Stöckle, C., Stratonovitch, P., Streck, T., Supit, I., Tao, F., Wolf, J., Zhang, Z.(2018): Multi-model ensembles improve predictions of crop-environment-management interactions. Global Change Biology 24(11), 5072-5083
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Wallor, E. Kersebaum, K.C. Ventrella, D., Cammarano, D., Coucheney, E., Ferrise, R. Gaiser, T., Garofalo, P., Giglio, L., Giola, P., Hoffmann, M.P., Lana, M., Lewan, E. Maharjan, G. Moriondo, M., Mula, L. Nendel, C., Pohankova, E., Roggero, P., Trnka, M., Trombi, G.(2018): The response of process-based agro-ecosystem models to within-field variability in site conditions. Field Crops Research 228, 1-19
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2018.08.021
Whitbread, A.M., M. P. Hoffmann, C.W. Davoren, D. Mowat and J. A. Baldock.(2018): Measuring And Modelling The Water Balance Of Low Rainfall Cropping Systems. Transactions of the ASABE. 60, 2097-2110
DOI: 10.13031/trans.12581

2017

Abdulai, I., Vaast, P., Hoffmann, M.P., Asare, R., Jassogne, L., van Asten, P., Rötter, R.P., Graefe, S. (2017):Cocoa agroforestry is less resilient to sub-optimal and extreme climate than cocoa in full sun Global Change Biology 24(1), 273-286
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13885
Akinseye, F.M., M. Adam, S.O. Agele, M.P. Hoffmann, P.C.S. Traore, A.M. Whitbread .(2017): Assessing crop model improvements through comparison of sorghum (sorghum bicolor L. moench) simulation models: A case study of West African varieties Field Crops Research 201, 19-31
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2016.10.015
Chen, Y., Z. Zhang, F. Tao, T. Palosuo, R. P. Rötter .(2017): Impacts of heat stress on leaf area index and growth duration of winter wheat in the North China Plain Field Crops Research 222, 230-237
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2017.06.007
De Cauwer, V., E. Fichtler, H. Beeckman, F. P. Graz, J. Mertens, S. Van Holsbeeck & B.Muys .(2017): Predicting site productivity of the timber tree Pterocarpus angolensis Southern Forests a Journal of Forest Science 259-268
DOI: 10.2989/20702620.2016.1256042
Denmead, L. H., K. Darras, Y. Clough, P. Diaz, I. Grass, M. P. Hoffmann, F. Nurdiansyah, R. Fardiansah, T. Tscharntke .(2017): The role of ants, birds and bats for ecosystem functions and yield in oil palm plantations Ecology 98, 1945-1956
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1882
Fichtler, E., .(2017): Dendroclimatology using tropical broad-leaved tree species - a review Erdkunde71, 1
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Graefe, S., Meyer-Sand, L. F., Chauvette, K., Abdulai, I., Jassogne, L., Vaast, P., & Asare, R (2017): Evaluating Farmers` Knowledge of Shade Trees in Different Cocoa Agro-Ecological Zones in Ghana. Human Ecology 45(3), 321–332
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-017-9899-0
Grosz, B., Dechow, R., Gebbert, S., Hoffmann, H., Zhao, G., Constantin, J., Raynal, H., Wallach, D., Coucheney, E., Lewan, E., Eckersten, H., Specka, X., Kersebaum, K.-C., Nendel, C., Kuhnert, M., Yeluripati, J., Haas, E., Teixeira, E., Bindi, M., Trombi, G., Moriondo, M., Doro, L., Roggero, P.P., Zhao, Z., Wang, E., Tao, F., Rötter, R.P., Kassie, B., Cammarano, D., Asseng, S., Weihermüller, L., Siebert, S., Gaiser, T., Ewert, F. .(2017): The implication of input data aggregation on up-scaling soil organic carbon changes. Environmental Modelling and Software 96, 361-377
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.06.046
Hoffmann, M.P., Donough, C. Cook, S., Fisher, M., Lim, C., Lim, Y., Cock, J., Kam, S.P., Mohanaraj, S.N., Indrasuara, K., Tittinutchanon, P., Oberthür, T. .(2017): Yield gap analysis in oil palm: Framework development and application in commercial operations in Southeast AsiaAgricultural Systems 151, 12-19
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.11.005
Martre P, Reynolds MP, Asseng S, Ewert F, Alderman PD, Cammarano D, Maiorano A, Ruane AC, Aggarwal PK, Anothai J, Basso B, Biernath C, Challinor AJ, De Sanctis G, Doltra J, Dumont B, Fereres E, Garcia-Vila M, Gayler S, Hoogenboom G, Hunt LA, Izaurralde RC, Jabloun M, Jones CD, Kassie BT, Kersebaum KC, Koehler AK, Müller C, Kumar SN, Liu B, Lobell DB, Nendel C, O'Leary G, Olesen JE, Palosuo T, Priesack E, Eyshi Rezaei E, Ripoche D, Rötter RP , Semenov MA, Stöckle C, Stratonovitch P, Streck T, Supit I, Tao F, Thorburn P, Waha K, Wang E, White JW, Wolf J, Zhao Z, and Zhu Y.(2017): The International Heat Stress Genotype Experiment for modeling wheat response to heat: field experiments and AgMIP-Wheat multi-model simulations. Open Data Journal for Agricultural Research3, 23-28
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Tao, F., D. Xiao, S. Zhang, Z. Zhang, R. P. Rötter. (2017): Wheat yield benefited from increases in minimum temperature in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of China in the past three decades Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 239, 1-14
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.02.033
Tao, H.H., Donough, C., Hoffmann, M.P., Lim, Y.L., Hendra, S., Rahmadsyah, Abdurrohim, G., Indrasuara, K., Lubis, A., Dolong, T., Oberthür, T. (2017):Effects of best management practices on dry matter production and fruit production efficiency of oil palm. European Journal of Agronomy 90, 209-215
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Tao, H. H., Jake L. Snaddon, Eleanor M. Slade, Jean-Pierre Caliman, Rudi H. Widodo, Suhardi, Kathrine J. Willis.(2017): Long-term crop residue application maintains oil palm yield and temporal stability of production Agronomy for Sustainable Development 37,33
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Wang, E., Martre, P., Zhao, Z., Ewert, F., Maiorano, A., Rötter, R.P., Kimball, B.A. , Ottmann, M.J., Wall, G.W., White, J.W., Reynolds, M.P., Alderman, P.D., Aggarwal, P.,Anothais, J., Basso, B., Biernath, C., Cammarano, D., Challinor, A.J.,De Sanctis, G., Doltra, J., Fereres, E., Garcia,-Vila, M., Gayler, S., Hoogenboom, G., Hunt, T., Izaurralde,R. C., Jabloun, M., Jones, C.D., Kersebaum, K-C., Koehler, A-K., Liu, L., Müller, C., Kumar, S.N., Nendel, C., O`Leary, G., Olesen, J.E., Palosuo, T., Priesack, E., Rezaei, E.E., Ripoche, D., Ruane, A., Semenov, M., Shcherbak, I., Stöckle, C., Stratonovitch, P., Streck, T., Supit, I., Tao, F., Thorburn, P., Waha, K., Wallach, D., Wang, Z., Wolf, J., Zhu, Y., Asseng, S. (2017):The uncertainty of crop yield projections is reduced by improved temperature response functions Nature Plants 3, 17102
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Worbes, M. , H. Herawati, C. Martius.(2017): Tree Growth Rings in Tropical Peat Swamp Forests of Kalimantan, Indonesia Forests 8(9), 336
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Yin, X., Kersebaum, K.C., Kollas, C., Baby, S., Beaudoin, N., Manevski, K., Palosuo, T., Nendel, C., Wu, L., M.P. Hoffmann, Hoffmann, H., Sharif, B., Armas-Herrera, C.M., Bindi, M., Charfeddine, M., Conradt, T., Constantin, J., Ewert, F., Ferrise, R., Gaiser, T., Cortazar-Atauri, I.G., Giglio, L., Hlavinka, P., Lana, M., Launay, M., Louarn, G., Manderscheid, R., Mirschel, W., Moriondo, M., Öztürk, I., Pacholski, A., Ripoche-Wachterl, D., Rötter, R.P. , Ruget, F., Trnka, M., Ventrella, D., Weigel, H.J. (2017): Multi-model uncertainty analysis in predicting grain N for crop rotations in EuropeEuropean Journal of Agronomy< 84, 152-165
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2016.12.009
Yin, X., K. C. Kersebaum, C. Kollas, K. Manevski, S. Baby, N. Beaudoin, I. Öztürk, T. Gaiser, L. Wu, M. Hoffmann , M. Charfeddine, T. Conradt, J. Constantin, F. Ewert,I. Garcia de Cortazar-Atauri, L. Giglio, P. Hlavinka, H. Hoffmann, M. Launay, G. Louarn, R. Manderscheid, B. Mary, W. Mirschel, C. Nendel, A. Pacholski, T. Palosuo, D. Ripoche-Wachter, R. P. Rötter , F. Ruget, B. Sharif, M. Trnka, D. Ventrella, H.-J. Weigel, J. E. Olesen.(2017): Performance of process-based models for simulation of grain N in crop rotations across Europe Agricultural Systems 154, 63-77
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2017.03.005

2016

Abdulai, I., K.V. Krutovsky, R. Finkeldey.(2016): Morphological and genetic diversity of shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) in the savannah regions of Ghana Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 1-16
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-016-0434-8
Cammarano, D., R.P. Rötter, S. Asseng, F. Ewert, D. Wallach, P. Martre, J.L. Hatfield, J.W. Jones, C. Rosenzweig, A.C. Ruane, K.J. Boote, P. J. Thorburn, K.C. Kersebaum, P.K. Aggarwal, C. Angulo, B. Basso, P. Bertuzzi, C. Biernath, N. Brisson, A.J. Challinor, J. Doltra, S. Gayler, R. Goldberg, L. Heng, J.E. Hooker, L.A. Hunt, J. Ingwersen, R.C. Izaurralde , C. Müller, S. Naresh Kumar, C. Nendel, G. O`Leary, J.E. Olesen, T.M. Osborne, E. Priesack, D. Ripoche, P. Steduto, C.O. Stöckle, P. Stratonovitch, T. Streck, I. Supit, F. Tao, M. Travasso, K. Waha, J.W. White, J. Wolf..(2016): Uncertainty of wheat water use: Simulated patterns and sensitivity to temperature and CO2 Field Crops Research 198, 80-92
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2016.08.015
Euler, M., Hoffmann, M.P., Fathoni, Z. & Schwarze, S.(2016): Exploring yield gaps in smallholder oil palm production systems in eastern Sumatra, Indonesia Agricultural Systems 146, 111-119
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.04.007
Gebauer, J., Adam, Y., Sanchez, A., Darr, D., Eltahir, M., Fadl, K., Fernsebner, G., Frei, M., Habte, T., Hammer, K., Hunsche, M., Johnson, H., Kordofani, M., Krawinkel, M., Kugler, F., Luedeling, E., Mahmoud, T., Maina, A., Mithöfer, D., Munthali, C., Noga, G., North, R., Owino, W., Prinz, K., Rimberia, F., Saied, A., Schüring, M., Sennhenn, A., Späth, M., Taha, M., Triebel, A., Wichern, F., Wiehle, M., Wrage-Mönnig, N. & Kehlenbeck, K.(2016): Africa's wooden elephant: the baobab tree (Adansonia digitata L.) in Sudan and Kenya: a review Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 63, 377-399
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-015-0360-1
Hoffmann, H., Zhao, G., Asseng, S., Bindi, M., Biernath, C., Constantin, J., Coucheney, E., Dechow, R., Doro, L., Eckersten, H., Gaiser, T., Grosz, B., Heinlein, F., Kassie, B., Kersebaum, K., Klein, C., Kuhnert, M., Lewan, E., Moriondo, M., Nendel, C., Priesack, E., Raynal, H., Roggero, P., Rötter, R.P., Siebert, S., Specka, X., Tao, F., Teixeira, E., Trombi, G., Wallach, D., Weihermüller, L., Yeluripati, J. & Ewert, F.(2016): Impact of Spatial Soil and Climate Input Data Aggregation on Regional Yield Simulations PLOS ONE 11
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Hoffmann, M.P., Llewellyn, R., Davoren, C. & Whitbread, A.(2016): Assessing the Potential for Zone-Specific Management of Cereals in Low-Rainfall South-Eastern Australia: Combining On-Farm Results and Simulation Analysis Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 203, 14–28
DOI:10.1111/jac.12159
Kersebaum, K., Kroes, J., Gobin, A., Takác, J., Hlavinka, P., Trnka, M., Ventrella, D., Giglio, L., Ferrise, R., Moriondo, M., Dalla Marta, A., Luo, Q., Eitzinger, J., Mirschel, W., Weigel, H.J., Manderscheid, R., Hoffmann, M.P., Nejedlik, P., Iqbal, M.A., Hösch, J. (2016) Assessing uncertainties of water footprints using an ensemble of crop growth models on winter wheat. Water 8(12), 571
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Liu, B., S. Asseng, C. Müller, F. Ewert, J. Elliott, D.B. Lobell, P. Martre, A.C. Ruane, D. Wallach, J.W. Jones, C. Rosenzweig, P.K. Aggarwal, P.D. Alderman, J. Anothai, B. Basso, C. Biernath, D. Cammarano, A. Challinor, D. Deryng, G. De Sanctis, J. Doltra, E. Fereres, C. Folberth, M. Garcia-Vila, S. Gayler, G. Hoogenboom, L.A. Hunt, R.C. Izaurralde, M. Jabloun, C.D. Jones, K.C. Kersebaum, B.A. Kimball, A.-K. Koehler, S. Naresh Kumar, C. Nendel, G. O`Leary, J.E. Olesen, M.J. Ottman, T. Palosuo, P.V.V. Prasad, E. Priesack, T.A.M. Pugh, M. Reynolds, E.E. Rezaei, R.P. Rötter, E. Schmid, M.A. Semenov, I. Shcherbak, E. Stehfest, C.O. Stöckle, P. Stratonovitch, T. Streck, I. Supit, F. Tao, P. Thorburn, K. Waha, G.W. Wall, E. Wang, J.W. White, J. Wolf, Z. Zhao & Y. Zhu.(2016): Similar estimates of temperature impacts on global wheat yield by three independent methods Nature Climate Change 6, 1130–1136
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Liu, X., Lehtonen, H., Purola, T., Pavlova, Y., Rötter, R.P. & Palosuo, T.(2016):Dynamic economic modelling of crop rotations with farm management practices under future pest pressure Agricultural Systems 144, 65-76
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2015.12.003
Maiorano, A., Martre, P., Asseng, S., Ewert, E., Mueller, C., Rötter, R. P., Ruane, A. et al.(2016): Crop model improvement reduces the uncertainty of the response to temperature of multi-model ensembles Field Crops Research 202, 5-20
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2016.05.001
Morris, H., Plavcová, L., Cvecko, P., Fichtler, E., Gillingham, M., Martínez-Cabrera, H., McGlinn, D., Wheeler, E., Zheng, J., Zieminska, K. & Jansen, S.(2016): A global analysis of parenchyma tissue fractions in secondary xylem of seed plants New Phytologist 209, 1553-1565
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Rötter, R.P., , F.L. Sehomi, J.G. Höhn, J.K. Niemi, and M. van den Berg..(2016): On the use of agricultural system models for exploring technological innovations across scales in Africa: A critical review ZEF - Discussion Papers on Development Policy 223, Center for Development Research, Bonn, July 2016, 85
Ruane, A., Hudson, N., Asseng, S., Camarrano, D., Ewert, F., Martre, P., Boote, K., Thorburn, P., Aggarwal, P., Angulo, C., Basso, B., Bertuzzi, P., Biernath, C., Brisson, N., Challinor, A., Doltra, J., Gayler, S., Goldberg, R., Grant, R., Heng, L., Hooker, J., Hunt, L., Ingwersen, J., Izaurralde, R., Kersebaum, K., Kumar, S., Müller, C., Nendel, C., O'Leary, G., Olesen, J., Osborne, T., Palosuo, T., Priesack, E., Ripoche, D., Rötter, R.P., Semenov, M., Shcherbak, I., Steduto, P., Stöckle, C., Stratonovitch, P., Streck, T., Supit, I., Tao, F., Travasso, M., Waha, K., Wallach, D., White, J. & Wolf, J.(2016):Multi-wheat-model ensemble responses to interannual climate variability Environmental Modelling & Software 81, 86-101
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Salo, T.J., T. Palosuo, K.C. Kersebaum, C. Nendel , C. Angulo , F. Ewert , M. Bindi, P. Calanca, T. Klein, M. Moriondo, R. Ferrise, J.E. Olesen, R.H. Patil , F. Ruget , J. Takac, P. Hlavinka, M. Trnka and R.P. Rötter.(2016): Comparing the performance of 11 crop simulation models in predicting yield response to nitrogen fertilization The Journal of Agricultural Science 154, 7, 1218-1240
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Sennhenn, A., J.J.O. Ohdiambo, B.L. Maass and A.M. Whitbread..(2016): Considering effects of temperature and photoperiod on growth and development of Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet in the search of short-season accessions for smallholder farming systems Experimental Agriculture 1-21
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Tao, F., Zhang, Z., Zhang, S. & Rötter, R.P. .(2016):Variability in crop yields associated with climate anomalies in China over the past three decades Regional Environmental Change 16(6), 1715–1723
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Tao, F., Zhang, Z., Zhang, S., Rötter, R.P., Shi, W., Xiao, D., Liu, Y., Wang, M., Liu, F. & Zhang, H.(2016): Historical data provide new insights into response and adaptation of maize production systems to climate change/variability in China Field Crops Research 185, 1-11
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Tao, F., R.P. Rötter, T. Palosuo, C.G.H. Díaz-Ambrona, M.I. Mínguez, M.A. Semenov, K.C. Kersebaum, C. Nendel, D. Cammarano, H. Hoffmann, F. Ewert, A. Dambreville, P. Martre, L. Rodríguez, M. Ruiz-Ramos, T. Gaiser, J.G. Höhn, T. Salo, R. Ferrise, M. Bindi, A.H. Schulman.(2016): Designing future barley ideotypes using a crop model ensemble European Journal of Agronomy 82(A), 144-162
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2016.10.012
Trnka, M., J.E. Olesen, K.C. Kersebaum, R.P. Rötter, R. Brázdil, J. Eitzinger, S. Jansen, A.O. Skjelvåg, P. Peltonen-Sainio, P. Hlavinka, J. Balek, H. Eckersten, A. Gobin, V. Vuceti, A. Dalla Marta, S. Orlandini, V. Alexandrov, D. Semerádov, P. Stepánek., E. Svobodová, K. Rajdl.(2016): Changing regional weather-crop yield relationships across Europe between 1901 and 2012. Climate Research 70, 195-214
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van Bussel, L., Ewert, F., Zhao, G., Hoffmann, H., Enders, A., Wallach, D., Asseng, S., Baigorria, G., Basso, B., Biernath, C., Cammarano, D., Chryssanthacopoulos, J., Constantin, J., Elliott, J., Glotter, M., Heinlein, F., Kersebaum, K., Klein, C., Nendel, C., Priesack, E., Raynal, H., Romero, C., Rötter, R.P., Specka, X. & Tao, F.(2016): Spatial sampling of weather data for regional crop yield simulationsAgricultural and Forest Meteorology 220, 101-115
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van Holsbeeck, S., V. de Cauwer, M. de Ridder, E. Fichtler, H. Beeckman and J. Mertens.(2016): Annual diameter growth of Pterocarpus angolensis (Kiaat) and other woodland species in Namibia Forest Ecology and Management 373, 1-8
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Wagner, F., Hérault, B., Bonal, D., Stahl, C., Anderson, L., Baker, T., Becker, G., ..., Worbes, M., Zanon, M. & Aragão, L.(2016): Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests Biogeosciences 13, 2537-2562
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Wallach, D., P. Thorburn, S. Asseng, A.J. Challinor, F. Ewert, J.W. Jones, R.P. Rötter, A. Ruane.(2016): Estimating model prediction error: Should you treat predictions as fixed or random? Environmental Modelling & Software 84, 529-539
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Wallach, D., L.O. Mearns, A.C. Ruane, R.P. Rötter, S. Asseng.(2016): Lessons from climate modeling on the design and use of ensembles for crop modelingClimatic Change 139 (3-4), 551–564
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Zeng, W., Wu, J., Hoffmann, M.P., Xu, C., Ma, T. & Huang, J.(2016): Testing the APSIM sunflower model on saline soils of Inner Mongolia, China Field Crops Research 192, 42-54
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Zhao, G., Hoffmann, H., Yeluripati, J., Xenia, S., Nendel, C., Coucheney, E., Kuhnert, M., Tao, F., Constantin, J., Raynal, H., Teixeira, E., Grosz, B., Doro, L., Kiese, R., Eckersten, H., Haas, E., Cammarano, D., Kassie, B., Moriondo, M., Trombi, G., Bindi, M., Biernath, C., Heinlein, F., Klein, C., Priesack, E., Lewan, E., Kersebaum, K., Rötter, R.P., Roggero, P., Wallach, D., Asseng, S., Siebert, S., Gaiser, T. & Ewert, F.(2016):Evaluating the precision of eight spatial sampling schemes in estimating regional means of simulated yield for two crops Environmental Modelling & Software 80, 100-112
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.02.022

2015

Asseng, S., Ewert, F., Martre, P., Rosenzweig, C., Jones, J., Hatfield, J., Ruane, A., Boote, K., Thorburn, P., Rötter, R.P., Cammarano, D., Basso, B., Aggarwal, P., Angulo, C., Bertuzzi, P., Biernath, C., Challinor, A., Doltra, J., Gayler, S., Goldberg, R., Grant, R., Heng, L., Hooker, J., Hunt, T., Ingwersen, J., Izaurralde, C., Kersebaum, C., Müller, C., Kumar, S.N., Nendel, C., O`Leary, G., Olesen, J., Osborne, T., Palosuo, T., Priesack, E., Ripoche, D., Semenov, M., Shcherbak, I., Steduto, P., Stöckle, C., Stratonovitch, P., Streck, T., Supit, I., Tao, F., Travasso, M., Waha, K., Wallach, D., White, J., Williams, J. and Wolf, J. (2015): Benchmark data set for wheat growth models: field experiments and AgMIP multi-model simulationsOpen Data journal for Agicultural Research 1, 1-5
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