JRC MARS Bulletin - Crop monitoring in Europe, February 2019
Vol. 27 No. 2
Frost tolerance weakening
As a consequence of predominantly mild weather conditions, frost damage to winter cereals has been minor so far. However, low-temperature acclimatisation (winter hardening) remains weak, or has weakened in large parts of Europe. The current low levels of hardening in Germany and Denmark, as well as in southern Romania and northern Bulgaria, are uncommon and raise some concern.
Several parts of Europe recorded a rain deficit. This was most evident in large parts of the Iberian Peninsula and the western Maghreb region, where rainfall has been substantially below average since the beginning of December. So far, these dry conditions generally do not represent an immediate concern for crops.
BUSSAY Attila;
CERRANI Iacopo;
FUMAGALLI Davide;
GARCIA CONDADO Sara;
MANFRON Giacinto;
PANARELLO Lorenzo;
SEGUINI Lorenzo;
TORETI Andrea;
ZUCCHINI Antonio;
BIAVETTI Irene;
MULHERN Grainne;
NISINI SCACCHIAFICHI Luigi;
VAN DEN BERG Maurits;
2019-12-12
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC117873
2443-8278 (online),
2443-826X (print),
OP KJ-AW-19-002-EN-N (online),
OP KJ-AW-19-002-EN-C (print),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC117873,
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