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Advances in Crop Modelling for a Sustainable Agriculture
Contributor(s): Boote, Kenneth (Contribution by), Kim, Soo-Hyung (Contribution by), Hsiao, Jennifer (Contribution by)
ISBN: 1786762404     ISBN-13: 9781786762405
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd
OUR PRICE:   $223.25  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: December 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Agronomy - Crop Science
LCCN: 2019951738
Series: Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science
Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6" W x 9" (1.96 lbs) 542 pages
 
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This collection summarises key advances in crop modelling, with a focus on developing the next generation of whole-farm models to improve decision making and support for farmers.

Part 1 reviews advances in modelling individual components of agricultural systems such as plant responses to environmental conditions, crop growth stages, nutrient and water cycles as well as pest/disease dynamics. Building on this foundation, Part 2 addresses the challenges of combining modular sub-systems into whole farm system, landscape and regional models. Chapters cover topics such as integration of rotations and livestock, as well as landscape models such as agroecological zone (AEZ) models. Chapters also review the performance of specific models such as APSIM and DSSAT and the challenges of developing decision support systems (DSS) from such models. The final part of the book reviews wider issues in improving model reliability such as data sharing and the supply of real-time data as well as crop model inter-comparison.

Contributor Bio(s): Boote, Kenneth: - Dr Kenneth Boote is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Agronomy at the University of Florida, USA. He is widely regarded as a pioneer in crop modelling, helping to develop the DSSAT software application program that simulates growth for over 40 different crops. He is presently serving as Co-Lead for Crop Modeling in AgMIP, the global Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project. Amongst his many distinctions, Professor Boote is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy.