Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science Current Crop Models

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This book reviews the current range of crop models, the ways they explore the complex interplay between genetic, environmental and management (G x E x M) variables and how these can be optimised to create a more sustainable and resilient agriculture. “This is a highly valuable book because it elucidates the current status of crop models from around the world. Dr Gerrit Hoogenboom has done a great service to the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) and the wider crop modeling community by bringing together the major groups to share the inner workings of their simulations. This volume will contribute to improved understanding of how climate change will affect crops around the world.” (Dr Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA) Whilst crop models have made significant progress in recent years, different models still diverge and struggle to predict the complex effects of genetic, environmental and management (G x E x M) variables in optimising crop production in the face of climate change. Current crop models: State-of-the-art and future developments provides a comprehensive overview of the major crop models and the ways they address these challenges. The book explores the development of major crop models such as the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT), how variables such as crop variety and genetic differences are being addressed, recent model improvements and future model enhancements, as well as examples of current applications to improve crop production. The book builds on a successful earlier volume published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing: Advances in crop modelling for a more sustainable agriculture (2019). Edited by a world-renowned expert, the book will be a standard reference for university and other researchers in crop modelling departments, companies developing decision support systems in agriculture, as well as well as governments and other agencies providing agronomic advice to farmers to support the transition to sustainable agriculture. Dr Gerrit Hoogenboom is Professor and Preeminent Scholar in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Florida, USA. With over 30 years’ experience and over 500 peer-reviewed publications, he is acknowledged as one of the world’s leading experts in crop modelling. He currently coordinates development of the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT; ) which is widely used globally. Whilst crop models have made significant progress in recent years, different models still diverge and struggle to predict the complex effects of genetic, environmental and management (G x E x M) variables in optimising crop production in the face of climate change. Current crop models: State-of-the-art and future developments provides a comprehensive overview of the major crop models and the ways they address these challenges. The book explores the development of major crop models such as the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT), how variables such as crop variety and genetic differences are being addressed, recent model improvements and future model enhancements, as well as examples of current applications to improve crop production. The book builds on a successful earlier volume published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing: Advances in crop modelling for a more sustainable agriculture (2019).

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