The STICS crop model and associated software for analysis, parameterization, and evaluation

Methods of Introducing System Models into Agricultural Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 395-426

  Buis, S ^a   Wallach, D ^b   Guillaume, S ^b,c   Varella, H ^d   Lecharpentier, P ^a   Launay, M ^e   Guerif M ^a   Bergez, J E ^b   Justes, E ^b  

^a UAPV   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c ARVALIS Institut du vegetal   (France)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^e French National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass production submodule; Development module; Leaf dynamics submodule; Nitrogen balance module; Root growth module; Sensitivity analysis; STICS crop model; Uncertainty analysis; Water balance module; Yield formation module

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102442011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/advagricsystmodel2.c14     Document Type: Chapter

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