Past and present risk of spring frosts for fruit trees in the
Czech Republic

J 2024

Past and present risk of spring frosts for fruit trees in the Czech Republic

ZAHRADNÍČEK, Pavel, Rudolf BRÁZDIL, Jan ŘEHOŘ, Miroslav TRNKA, Lenka BARTOŠOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Past and present risk of spring frosts for fruit trees in the Czech Republic

Authors

ZAHRADNÍČEK, Pavel (guarantor), Rudolf BRÁZDIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jan ŘEHOŘ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Miroslav TRNKA (203 Czech Republic), Lenka BARTOŠOVÁ and Jaroslav ROŽNOVSKÝ

Edition

Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Springer, 2024, 0177-798X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences

Country of publisher

Austria

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.400 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-023-04671-2

UT WoS

001093949800001

Keywords in English

spring frost; late spring frost; false spring; frost risk day; fruit tree; spring phenology of fruit trees; fruit-tree yields; frost damage; Czech Republic

Abstract

V originále

Recent climate warming is reflected in the advanced onset of spring phenological phases of fruit trees and in so-called false springs. This then manifests as an increased risk of trees being damaged by late frosts in the sensitive growing stage. Based on the homogenised temperature series of 155 climatological stations divided into two altitudinal groups (below 300 m a.s.l. and 301–600 m a.s.l.), a climatological analysis of selected variables in relation to atmospheric circulation over the territory of the Czech Republic during the period 1961–2021 was performed. The number of frost days and the dates of their latest onset exhibited negative linear trends; however, only 16% and 20% were statistically significant. The onset of false spring (at least ten consecutive days with daily maximum ≥ 10 °C) was also characterised by decreasing trends, which significantly deepened after 1980. Spring frost days were particularly attributed to higher frequencies of anticyclonic circulation types such as the central anticyclone and circulation types with northeastern, eastern and southeastern airflow. False spring onset was particularly connected with the central anticyclone and circulation types with western and southwestern airflow. The increasing trends of frost risk days (days between the beginning of the false spring and the date of the latest frost with daily minimum < −1.5 °C) were statistically nonsignificant. Local series of fruit trees from southeastern Moravia proved to have significantly earlier onset of the first blossom and full blossoming phenophases. Although the damage by late frosts has been identified as an important factor contributing to low yields of fruit trees during the period 1996–2021 in the Czech Republic, other factors (e.g. other weather phenomena, diseases, pests, site, taking preventive measures against frost) must also be taken into account.

Links

MUNI/A/1323/2022, interní kód MU

Name: Environmentální a socioekonomické změny v geografickém výzkumu

Investor: Masaryk University, Environmental and socio-economic change in geographical research

Citovat

ZAHRADNÍČEK, Pavel, Rudolf BRÁZDIL, Jan ŘEHOŘ, Miroslav TRNKA, Lenka BARTOŠOVÁ and Jaroslav ROŽNOVSKÝ. Past and present risk of spring frosts for fruit trees in the Czech Republic. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. Springer, 2024, vol. 155, No 2, p. 965-984. ISSN 0177-798X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-023-04671-2.

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ZAHRADNÍČEK, Pavel, Rudolf BRÁZDIL, Jan ŘEHOŘ, Miroslav TRNKA, Lenka BARTOŠOVÁ and Jaroslav ROŽNOVSKÝ. Past and present risk of spring frosts for fruit trees in the Czech Republic. \textit{Theoretical and Applied Climatology}. Springer, 2024, vol.~155, No~2, p.~965-984. ISSN~0177-798X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-023-04671-2.

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