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2021-09-30Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.18452/23521
Resistance Breeding Increases Winter Wheat Gross Margins
dc.contributor.authorLüttringhaus, Sophia
dc.contributor.authorZetzsche, Holger
dc.contributor.authorWittkop, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorStahl, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorOrdon, Frank
dc.contributor.authorMußhoff, Oliver
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-13T11:09:09Z
dc.date.available2021-10-13T11:09:09Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-30none
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.hu-berlin.de/18452/24180
dc.descriptionThis article was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.none
dc.description.abstractImproved wheat varieties have ameliorated our food production. Intensive cropping systems, as in Germany, achieve very high grain yields and thus contribute greatly to global food security. As diseases, especially fungal pathogens, pose major threats in winter wheat production, disease management is crucial to uphold high production levels and to avoid economic losses. Yet, the economic value of breeding varieties with increased resistance to fungal pathogens has not been analyzed with comprehensive data. Our analysis fills this gap by quantifying the economic effects of 50 years of resistance breeding for winter wheat production in Germany. Based on field trials and agronomic production data, we analyze how resistances have influenced the economic profitability of the crops. Thereby, we can isolate the pure breeding-induced effects of increased resistance to fungal pathogens, which cause leaf and stripe rust, powdery mildew, and Fusarium head blight. We calculated the gross margins of 176 varieties according to nitrogen and fungicide applications in field trials. Regression models show that resistance breeding had a strong positive and statistically significant effect on the gross margins of the varieties. In comparison, the specific meta-environment of the season had a larger effect, while the effect of high nitrogen as well as fungicide treatments was lower. The gross margin increased over time along with higher resistances. Simultaneously, the difference in gross margins between the fungicide-treated and untreated variants decreased, indicating an increased contribution of resistances to yield stability. Resistances have increased gross margins greatly, as the health levels of varieties remain high without the need for fungicide applications and thus production costs can be saved. We conclude that resistance breeding has increased the economic profitability and sustainability of crop production due to a reduction in the costs for fungicides. In fields of farmers, these positive effects of resistance breeding can be fully realized by an optimal variety choice and a variety- and situation-specific disease management. Such an agronomic practice would not only further improve winter wheat gross margins but also mitigate some of the pressures on agricultural productions, such as reduced disease management options and adverse climate change impacts.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
dc.rights(CC BY 4.0) Attribution 4.0 Internationalger
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectgross margin analysiseng
dc.subjecteconomicseng
dc.subjectwinter wheat breedingeng
dc.subjectresistance breedingeng
dc.subjectGermanyeng
dc.subjectEuropeeng
dc.subjectdisease managementeng
dc.subjectagronomyeng
dc.subject.ddc630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereichenone
dc.titleResistance Breeding Increases Winter Wheat Gross Marginsnone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/24180-3
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18452/23521
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.pages17none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone
dc.identifier.eissn2673-3218
dc.title.subtitleAn Economic Assessment for Germanynone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.3389/fagro.2021.730894
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleFrontiers in agronomynone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume3none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber730894none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameFrontiers Medianone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceLausannenone
bua.departmentLebenswissenschaftliche Fakultätnone

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