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Kurt Christian Kersebaum

Kurt Christian Kersebaum

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Environmental Sciences
Czechia
2026
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Plant Science and Agronomy
Czechia
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
65
Citations
20783
World Ranking
899
National Ranking
6

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
66
Citations
20909
World Ranking
2047
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Statistics

His primary areas of investigation include Agronomy, Climate change, Crop, Crop yield and Yield. His Agronomy research includes themes of Loam and Effects of global warming. His research in Climate change is mostly focused on Climate model.

His research investigates the connection with Crop and areas like Growing season which intersect with concerns in Phenology. His study in Crop yield is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Hydrology and Precipitation. His Yield study incorporates themes from Cropping, Agriculture, Global temperature and Atmospheric sciences.

His most cited work include:

  • Rising Temperatures Reduce Global Wheat Production (801 citations)
  • Uncertainty in Simulating Wheat Yields Under Climate Change (749 citations)
  • Impacts and adaptation of European crop production systems to climate change (668 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Kurt Christian Kersebaum mostly deals with Agronomy, Climate change, Crop, Crop yield and Soil water. His Climate change research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Cropping, Agriculture, Atmospheric sciences and Yield. His Agriculture study incorporates themes from Global warming, Agricultural engineering and Global change.

His work carried out in the field of Crop brings together such families of science as Cultivar, Yield, Food security and Sowing. His research in Crop yield intersects with topics in Hydrology, Evapotranspiration, Agroforestry and Precision agriculture. The Soil water study combines topics in areas such as Fertilizer and Nitrogen cycle.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (41.53%)
  • Climate change (31.15%)
  • Crop (28.96%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Climate change (31.15%)
  • Agronomy (41.53%)
  • Crop (28.96%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Kurt Christian Kersebaum focuses on Climate change, Agronomy, Crop, Statistics and Agriculture. His Climate change research incorporates themes from Biomass, Mediterranean climate, Atmospheric sciences and Yield. His Crop research incorporates elements of Cultivar, Crop yield and Representative Concentration Pathways.

His Statistics research focuses on subjects like Phenology, which are linked to Experimental data. His Agriculture study combines topics in areas such as Global warming, Natural resource and Library science. His research in Crop simulation model focuses on subjects like Leaf area index, which are connected to Soil water.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Climate change impact and adaptation for wheat protein (97 citations)
  • Decline in climate resilience of European wheat. (67 citations)
  • Global wheat production with 1.5 and 2.0°C above pre-industrial warming (40 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Statistics
  • Ecology

His primary areas of investigation include Climate change, Crop, Food security, Statistics and Agriculture. In the subject of general Climate change, his work in Global change is often linked to Baseline, thereby combining diverse domains of study. His Crop research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Water supply, Water use, Atmospheric sciences and Yield.

His work investigates the relationship between Statistics and topics such as Phenology that intersect with problems in Experimental data. His work on Water scarcity as part of general Agriculture research is frequently linked to Political science, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science. His research on Library science frequently links to adjacent areas such as Agronomy.

Best Publications

  • Rising Temperatures Reduce Global Wheat Production

    S. Asseng;F. Ewert;P. Martre;P. Martre;R. P. Rötter

  • Uncertainty in Simulating Wheat Yields Under Climate Change

    S. Asseng;F. Ewert;C. Rosenzweig;J. W. Jones

  • Impacts and adaptation of European crop production systems to climate change

    J.E. Olesen;M. Trnka;K.C. Kersebaum;A.O. Skjelvåg

  • How Do Various Maize Crop Models Vary in Their Responses to Climate Change Factors

    Simona Bassu;Nadine Brisson;Jean Louis Durand;Kenneth Boote

  • Adverse weather conditions for European wheat production will become more frequent with climate change

    Miroslav Trnka;Miroslav Trnka;Reimund P. Rötter;Margarita Ruiz-Ramos;Kurt Christian Kersebaum

  • Simulation of winter wheat yield and its variability in different climates of Europe: A comparison of eight crop growth models

    Taru Palosuo;Kurt Christian Kersebaum;Carlos Angulo;Petr Hlavinka

  • Similar estimates of temperature impacts on global wheat yield by three independent methods

    Bing Liu;Bing Liu;Senthold Asseng;Christoph Müller;Frank Ewert

  • Multimodel ensembles of wheat growth: many models are better than one

    Pierre Martre;Pierre Martre;Daniel Wallach;Senthold Asseng;Frank Ewert

  • Climate change impact and adaptation for wheat protein

    Senthold Asseng;Pierre Martre;Andrea Maiorano;Reimund P Rötter

  • Agroclimatic conditions in Europe under climate change

    M. Trnka;Jørgen Eivind Olesen;K. C. Kersebaum;A. O. Skjelvåg

  • Estimating crop yield potential at regional to national scales

    Justin van Wart;K. Christian Kersebaum;Shaobing Peng;Maribeth Milner

  • Diverging importance of drought stress for maize and winter wheat in Europe

    Heidi Webber;Frank Ewert;Jørgen E. Olesen;Christoph Müller

  • Simulation of spring barley yield in different climatic zones of Northern and Central Europe: A comparison of nine crop models

    Reimund P. Rötter;Taru Palosuo;Kurt Christian Kersebaum;Carlos Angulo

  • Crop modelling for integrated assessment of risk to food production from climate change

    F. Ewert;R.P. Rötter;M. Bindi;H. Webber

  • The uncertainty of crop yield projections is reduced by improved temperature response functions.

    Enli Wang;Pierre Martre;Zhigan Zhao;Zhigan Zhao;Frank Ewert

  • Validity of agroecosystem models a comparison of results of different models applied to the same data set

    B. Diekkrüger;D. Söndgerath;K.C. Kersebaum;C.W. McVoy

  • The MONICA model: Testing predictability for crop growth, soil moisture and nitrogen dynamics

    C. Nendel;M. Berg;K.C. Kersebaum;W. Mirschel

  • Decline in climate resilience of European wheat.

    Helena Kahiluoto;Janne Kaseva;Jan Balek;Jørgen E. Olesen

  • Contribution of crop model structure, parameters and climate projections to uncertainty in climate change impact assessments.

    Fulu Tao;Reimund P. Rötter;Taru Palosuo;Carlos Gregorio Hernández Díaz‐Ambrona

  • Cereal yield gaps across Europe

    René Schils;Jørgen E. Olesen;Kurt-Christian Kersebaum;Bert Rijk

  • Crop rotation modelling—A European model intercomparison

    Chris Kollas;Kurt Christian Kersebaum;Claas Nendel;Kiril Manevski

  • Application of a simple management model to simulate water and nitrogen dynamics

    K.C. Kersebaum

  • Coincidence of variation in yield and climate in Europe.

    Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio;Lauri Jauhiainen;Miroslav Trnka;Jörgen E. Olesen

Frequent Co-Authors

Claas Nendel
Claas Nendel University of Potsdam
Frank Ewert
Frank Ewert University of Bonn
Reimund P. Rötter
Reimund P. Rötter University of Göttingen
Jørgen E. Olesen
Jørgen E. Olesen Aarhus University
Thomas Gaiser
Thomas Gaiser University of Bonn
Roberto Ferrise
Roberto Ferrise University of Florence
Miroslav Trnka
Miroslav Trnka Czech Academy of Sciences
Marco Bindi
Marco Bindi University of Florence
Fulu Tao
Fulu Tao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Senthold Asseng
Senthold Asseng Technical University of Munich

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