Analysis of Climate for Peanut Yield and Prospect for Harvest in Future in Fujian Province

The climatic yield of peanut in Putian,Jinzhen and Tongan Counties,Fujian Province was studied to predict the harvest in 1995～2000 using regressional analysis.The results showed that the tended yields of peanut increased in 1967～1991,of which the increasing rate was 9～12 kg/hm2.The climatic yields were depended on temperature,precipitation,sunshine,intensity of subtropical anticyclone and index of typhoon from the second ten days of june to the last ten days of July,especially depended on the number of hot summer days and index of typhoon.The prediction of the peanut harvest was made to increase in 1995,1997 and 1998,to decrease in 1996,1999 and 2000.