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. 2016 Feb 17;66(4):307–316. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biw009

Table 2.

The average water-limited yield potential (Yw), actual yield (Ya), and yield gap (Yg) for the 19 reference weather stations (RWS) in and for the associated climate zones (CZ) selected for sugarcane yield-gap analysis in Brazil.

RWS (in megagrams per hectare) CZ (in megagrams per hectare)
Weather station (code) Yw Ya Yg Yw Ya Yg
Sorocoba (SO) 121 (15%) 80 41 118 (9%) 83 34
Catanduva (CAT) 113 (12%) 86 27
Sao Simão (SS) 152 (6%) 83 68 146 (5%) 84 61
Uberaba (UB) 136 (13%) 88 48
Maringá (MA) 141 (9%) 85 56
Avaré (AV) 126 (14%) 71 55
Votuporanga (VO) 144 (6%) 86 57 141 (6%) 83 58
Campos (CAM) 110 (17%) 48 62
Presidente Prudente (PP) 110 (7%) 79 31 114 (6%) 73 41
St Antonio de Padua (SAP) 128 (11%) 49 80
Frutal (FR) 154 (4%) 87 66 141 (4%) 84 57
Capinópolis (CAR) 128 (14%) 81 47
Paranaíba (PA) 109 (28%) 76 32
São Mateus (SM) 120 (16%) 65 54
Rio Verde (RV) 157 (9%) 83 74 157 (6%) 84 74
Ivinhema (IV) 157 (4%) 84 72
Sao Sebastião do Paraiso (SSP) 157 (14%) 83 74 157 (14%) 84 74
Goiás (GO) 154 (6%) 75 79 154 (6%) 75 79
Diamantino (DI) 140 (10%) 66 74 140 (10%) 66 77
National weighted average 134 (4%) 82 52

Note: The parenthetic values for Yw are the temporal coefficients of variation.