This book reviews the current range of crop models, the ways they explore the complex interplay between genetic, environmental and management and (G x E x M) variables and how these can be optimised to create a more sustainable and resilient agriculture.
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 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:
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; www.DSSAT.net) which is widely used globally.
