| 中文摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-10页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第15-16页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第16-26页 |
| 1.1 Effect of Climatic resources on maize production | 第16-21页 |
| 1.1.1 Temperature and maize growth | 第17-18页 |
| 1.1.2 Sunlight and maize growth | 第18页 |
| 1.1.3 Rainfall and maize growth | 第18-19页 |
| 1.1.4 Maize distribution and production in China and Hubei province | 第19-21页 |
| 1.2 Climatic suitability evaluation | 第21-23页 |
| 1.3 Maize yield potential and yield-gap analysis | 第23-26页 |
| 1.4 Research goals | 第26页 |
| 2. Materials and methods | 第26-40页 |
| 2.1 Study area | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2 Meteorological stations selection and data collection | 第27-29页 |
| 2.2.1 Experimental design of maize for determination to parameters in climatic suitability calculations | 第28-29页 |
| 2.3 Maize growth stages determination | 第29-31页 |
| 2.4 Climatic suitability evaluation in maize | 第31-36页 |
| 2.4.1 Temperature | 第31-32页 |
| 2.4.2 Rainfall | 第32-34页 |
| 2.4.3 Sunshine | 第34-35页 |
| 2.4.4 Climatic suitability | 第35-36页 |
| 2.5 methods for climatic stress analysis | 第36-37页 |
| 2.5.1 Calculation for killing degree days (KDD, °Cd) | 第36-37页 |
| 2.5.2 Drought and waterlogging occurrence frequency | 第37页 |
| 2.6 maize yield potential simulation and yield gap analysis | 第37-39页 |
| 2.6.1. The Hybrid-Maize Model and the yield potential simulation | 第37-38页 |
| 2.6.2. Experimental yield and famers’ yields | 第38页 |
| 2.6.3 Yield gap calculation | 第38-39页 |
| 2.7 Data interpolation and statistical analysis | 第39-40页 |
| 3. Results and discussion | 第40-91页 |
| 3.1 Variation in climatic resources and climatic stress in maize production zones | 第40-62页 |
| 3.1.1 Change in annual accumulated temperature over the years in different maize production region | 第40-42页 |
| 3.1.2 Change in killing degree days over the years in different maize production region | 第42-47页 |
| 3.1.3 Change in accumulated precipitation in different maize growth period | 第47-52页 |
| 3.1.4 Change in sunshine duration in different maize growth period | 第52-56页 |
| 3.1.5 Change in drought and waterlogging occurrence | 第56-62页 |
| 3.2 Climatic suitability and its trends in maize | 第62-87页 |
| 3.2.1 Temperature Suitability | 第62-69页 |
| 3.2.2 Rainfall suitability | 第69-74页 |
| 3.2.3 Sunshine suitability | 第74-80页 |
| 3.2.4 Climatic suitability | 第80-87页 |
| 3.3 Maize yield potential in maize production zones in Hubei Province | 第87-91页 |
| 3.3.1 Modeled and Rainfed yield Potential | 第87-88页 |
| 3.3.2 Experimental yields and farm yield | 第88-90页 |
| 3.3.3 Yield Gap Analysis | 第90-91页 |
| 4. Conclusion and prospects | 第91-95页 |
| References | 第95-100页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第100页 |
