wofost is a crop growth simulation model which can simulate crop growth and yield components of annual crops dynamically in the various stages of growth period. some parts of the model outputs (crop yield and crop water requirements) can be used in irrigation planning and management of water resources. in this study, a field research was carried out in a randomized complete block design with th...

A water simulation model (WaSim) to simulate the growth and development of Amaranthus cruentus as well as the components of water balance for a typical sandy-clay-loam soil of Akure has been described. Dry season experiments were carried between January and March of 2005 and 2006. Amaranthus seeds were established on the field and three irrigation water managements were imposed on the crop to d...

Dynamic process-based crop simulation models are useful tool in predicting crop growth and yield in response to environmental and cultural factors but are constrained by lack of availability of the required large number of inputs when applied for regional studies. In this study we report (a) development of a prototype Crop Growth Monitoring System (CGMS) for wheat using WTGROWS simulation model...

Hydrologic climate change modelling is hampered by climate-dependent model parameterizations. To reduce this dependency, we extended the regional hydrologic modelling framework SIMGRO to host a two-way coupling between the soil moisture model MetaSWAP and the crop growth simulation model WOFOST, accounting for ecohydrologic feedbacks in terms of radiation fraction that reaches the soil, crop co...

This paper summarises the result and findings of a research project, that was aiming at design and development of an information system which supports crop forecasting of major agricultural commodities in Iran. In this system, crop area estimates are generated through area frame sampling and processing of satellite data, and yields are derived through the application of crop growth simulation m...

Food shortage has been among the most threatening problems to the world since the beginning of the new century. And it means more to the countries with a large amount of citizens such as China. Chinese governments at different levels have being taken different kinds of actions to stabilize and increase the yields of grains. A major premise of making right decisions is the ability to accurately ...

crop simulation models are mathematical representations of plant growth processes as influenced by interactions among genotype, environment and crop management. using crop simulation models can be an efficient complement to experimental research. models are being used to understand the response of crops to possible changes in crop, cultural management and environmental variables.while there are...

Process-based crop simulation models require employment of new knowledge for continuous improvement. To simulate growth and development of different genotypes of a given crop, most models use empirical relationships or parameters defined as genetic coefficients to represent the various cultivar characteristics. Such a loose introduction of different cultivar characteristics can result in bias w...

In order to simulate growth and yield of crop in field scale, crop simulation models always require a lot of initial parameters. WebGIS is a powerful tool for obtaining, managing and analyzing spatial data on the Web. With the support of WebGIS, crop models based on web services can be easily run on the web by remote client and provide decision information and measures for crop production. In t...