Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 2
Written by Maria-Gabriela RADU, Dana Maria (OPREA) CONSTANTIN, Georgeta BANDOC, Daniel ALEXANDRU

The study aims to focus on the analysis of winter wheat yields obtained in the context of the thermal resources available in the continental Dobrogea Region. The thermal resources play a crucial role in determining the length of the growing season, the sowing time, as well as the physiological processes of the plant and last but not least, in the production obtained at the end of the growing season. In achieving this study, there have been used the average production data per hectare from the National Institute of Statistics and the monthly meteo-climatic data on air temperature and spring index from six representative meteorological stations belonging to the National Meteorological Administration, for the period 1991 – 2023. The results of the study has highlighted the importance of the thermal factor in the development of the phenological stages of winter wheat in the study area, with agricultural yields varying between 296 kg/ha (2003) and 5,133kg/ha (2018), for the analyzed period. Knowing the requirements of the winter wheat crop in relation to the thermal resources offers farmers the possibility to maximize its production.

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