Evaluation of the soil crop model STICS over 8 years against the "on farm" database of Bruyères catchment

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-57

  Beaudoin, N ^a   Launay, M ^b   Sauboua, E ^c   Ponsardin, G ^a   Mary, B ^a  

^a Inst Natl de la Rech Agronomique   (France)

^b French National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Cropping systems; Cumulative effect; Mineralisation; Modelling; Nitrate leaching

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CATCHMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PREDICTION; SOIL NUTRIENT; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; HORDEUM; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 43649104863     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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