EFFECTS OF THE 2000 DROUGHT ON AGRICULTURAL CROPS IN NORTHEASTERN SLOVENIA

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  • Igor Žiberna Univerza v Mariboru, Pedagoška fakulteta, Maribor

Abstract

The effects of the drought in northeastern Slovenia, which occurred as a combination of high temperatures, high evapotranspiration and sparse precipitation in the most sensitive phenophases of crop cultures, caused the most severe damage to unirrigated areas with shallow sandy and gravelly soil. Also affected were hilly and mountainous areas, where groundwater levels diminished quickly. Cultures with deeper root systems survived more easily. A high degree of damage due to drought was observed in wheat (up to 38% in northeastern Slovenia), seed corn (50%), silage corn (45%), green silage (52%), apples (49%) and some other cultures. In some areas, certain cultures gave no yield at all. Other consequences of the drought include reduced general and storage qualities of produce. The effects of the 2000 drought will also be visible in crop cultures in 2001. A fodder deficit is also expected in stockbreeding.

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Published

19-01-2024

Issue

No. 14-15 (2001): Ujma

Section

Natural and other disasters in Slovenia

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