Evaluation of the STICS crop growth model with maize cultivar parameters calibrated for Eastern Canada

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 557-570

  Jégo, Guillaume ^a   Pattey, Elizabeth ^a   Bourgeois, Gaétan ^a   Drury, Craig F ^b   Tremblay, Nicolas ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; Crop model; Earth observation; Eastern Canada; LAI; Maize; STICS; Yield prediction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CULTIVAR; ECOZONE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH MODELING; LANDSCAPE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MAIZE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION;

CANADA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80054804883     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-011-0014-4     Document Type: Article

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