Table 6. Rate of projected water deficit (mm decade-1) in the 21st century during vegetative and reproductive stages of corn cultivars planted according to business-as-usual date, at three locations in the Northeast United States under the emission scenario RCP 8.5.
Rates are reported as median values across projected data from 9 Global Climate Models.
| Landisville | State College | Syracuse | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth Stage | Corn cultivar | RCP 8.5 | RCP 8.5 | RCP 8.5 |
| VE-V6 | Full season | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Short season | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.5 | |
| V6-V10 | Full season | 0 | -0.4 | 0 |
| Short season | -0.4 | 0 | -0.3 | |
| V10-R1 | Full season | -0.4 | 0.0 | -0.5 |
| Short season | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.2 | |
| R1-R6 | Full season | 0 | 6.0 | 8.0 |
| Short season | -9.0 | -8.0 | -5.0 |