Calibrating and testing APSIM for wheat-faba bean pure cultures and intercrops across Europe

Cereal-legume intercropping can increase yields, reduce fertilizer input and improve soil quality compared with pure culture. Designing systems requires the integration of plant species trait selection choice crop configuration management. Crop growth models facilitate understanding prediction interactions between traits, However, currently no existing model has been calibrated tested for cereal-legume intercrops throughout Europea. We Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator (APSIM) cultures wheat faba bean using data from Dutch field trials, determined phenological parameters to simulate seven experiments across Europe. APSIM successfully reproduced aboveground dry matters and, only, grain yields in cultures. In intercrops, systematically overestimated matter yield underestimated those wheat. was reasonably capable simulating heights cultures, but respectively height intercrops. order wheat-faba better, should be improved regarding calculation biomass partitioning grains both species.