Increase in perennial forage yields driven by climate change, at Apukka Research Station, Rovaniemi, 1980-2017

• Main Authors: Niemeläinen, Oiva, Hannukkala, Antti, Jauhiainen, Lauri, Hakala, Kaija, Niskanen, Markku, Laine, Antti
• Other Authors: orcid:0000-0001-8085-5639, orcid:0000-0002-0172-1892, 4100110210, Luonnonvarakeskus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland
• Subjects: Apukka; Rovaniemi
• Online Access: https://jukuri.luke.fi/handle/10024/546047; https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/85141

The official variety trials at Rovaniemi, Finland (66.58°N, 26.01°E) in 1980–2017 show a substantial increase in dry matter yields (DMY) of timothy (Phleum pratense), meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis) and tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea), coinciding with a 156 °Cd increase in the average growing se...