Crop

Big

cycle

Small

cycle

Years

Seed weight per ear*

Planting density

General

yield

kg/hm2

Yield ability

g

%

Ten thousand/hm2

%

kg/hm2

%

Corn

I

1940

1950

1960

1970

85.7

127.5

180.2

168.5

100.0

148.8

141.3

93.5

3.23

3.08

3.78

4.56

100.0

95.4

122.7

120.6

1656

2239

4644

5531

2768

3928

6813

7687

100.0

141.9

173.4

112.8

II

1980

1990

2000

2010

213.8

232.8

260.9

261.5

126.9

108.9

111.7

100.2

4.59

4.94

5.55

6.10

100.7

107.6

112.3

109.9

8519

9878

10,638

11,665

9813

11,500

14,478

15,950

127.7

117.2

125.9

110.2

Rice

I

1940

1950

1960

1970

2.80

2.66

2.78

1.98

100.0

95.0

104.5

71.2

161.3

213.5

256.9

381.3

100.0

132.4

120.3

148.4

3506

3666

5500

6480

4517

5680

7143

7550

100.0

125.7

125.8

116.5

II

1980

1990

2000

2010

2.04

2.78

2.91

3.17

103.0

136.3

104.7

108.9

382.3

368.7

378.0

367.0

100.3

96.6

102.5

97.1

6830

8285

8479

8750

7800

10,250

11,000

11,663

103.3

131.4

107.3

106.0

Soybean

I

1940

1950

1960

1970

10.83

11.43

13.16

14.00

100.0

105.5

115.1

106.4

23.5

23.3

20.9

21.7

100.0

99.1

89.7

103.8

1657

1781

2019

2268

2546

2663

2750

2907

100.0

104.6

103.3

105.7

II

1980

1990

2000

2010

16.28

18.29

18.46

18.17

116.3

112.3

100.9

98.4

20.7

19.9

20.2

20.8

95.2

96.6

101.3

103.2

2550

2744

2775

3014

3361

3639

3720

3780

115.6

108.3

102.2

101.6

Sorghum

I

1940

1950

1960

1970

61.9

62.2

66.1

64.5

100.0

100.5

106.2

97.50

6.07

6.15

6.67

9.18

100.0

101.3

108.5

137.6

1675

1833

2483

4538

3760

3825

4408

5925

100.0

101.7

115.2

134.4

II

1980

1990

2000

2010

72.8

84.1

95.9

96.7

112.9

115.5

114.0

100.8

10.30

11.10

10.75

11.25

112.2

107.8

96.8

104.7

5943

7575

8418

8938

7500

9338

10,312

10,875

126.6

124.5

110.4

105.5