Climatic needs of autumn barley and climate change

This paper covers comparative studies on the climatic needs of autumn barley in its individual development stages. The estimated average meteorology characteristics are not expected to change greatly in the near future – not until the end of the century –, but changes in their distribution may have serious consequences for agriculture. For many plants, examining its needs in the various development stages separately is much more informative than examining its needs in terms of annual and monthly average temperature and precipitation levels. Monitoring the development stages of autumn barley leads to the conclusion that its climatic needs will most probably be still met in the future, although reliability of crop production will be compromised.