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Recent advances in crop growth modelling
NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences 57 (2009) 3
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Preface
Recent advances in crop growth modelling
Crop simulation models and model-based decision support systems are increasingly used to assist agricultural research and development. The systems approach and modelling tools have been linked down to scales of functional genomics and up to regional scales of natural resource management. Although crop simulation modelling emerged many years ago, the progress seems to have slowed in recent decades. An international symposium was held from 19 to 22 April 2008 in Nanjing, China, with the following two main goals: 1. To exchange the state-of-the art of current modelling and simulation approaches, as well as recent progress on crop simulation models and decision support tools, 2. To explore future directions needed for advancement and potential opportunities for team collaboration in crop simulation modelling. More than 100 participants from nearly 20 countries attended the symposium. In total, 110 abstracts and 40 full papers were submitted to the symposium. Thirteen keynote speakers gave presentations in the plenary session on the first day. On the second day, two concurrent sessions were held with the themes: 1. Modelling eco-physiological processes, 2. Whole model development and decision support. For each theme 15 presentations were given. In addition, poster sessions were held with 21 posters. The symposium covered a wide range of topics related to crop model development and applications. Overall, the work pre-
sented showed that crop simulation modelling is advancing in the different areas of physiological processes, virtual plant growth, genotype × environment × management interactions, model integration with spatial data, and model application to agricultural and resource management. This special issue reports selected highlights of the symposium. The issue contains 11 important papers selected from the symposium. These papers report on the recent progresses in crop simulation modelling and the way they contribute to agricultural research and development. The subjects in these papers largely deal with modelling eco-physiological processes in crop plants, functional and structural plant modelling, and application of crop simulation modelling to decision support. The full symposium is covered in the following reference: W. Cao, J.W. White, E. Wang (Eds.), Crop Modeling and Decision Support, Tsinghua University Press, Beijing & Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2009, p. 333, ISBN: 978-3-642-01131-3. A. Weiss Guest Editor G.N. Flerchinger Guest Editor G.S. McMaster Guest Editor E. Wang Guest Editor J.W. White Guest Editor X. Yin Guest Editor P.C. Struik Editor J.F. Wienk Editor
1573-5214/$ – see front matter © 2009 Royal Netherlands Society for Agricultural Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.njas.2009.12.001
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/njas
Preface
Recent advances in crop growth modelling
Crop simulation models and model-based decision support systems are increasingly used to assist agricultural research and development. The systems approach and modelling tools have been linked down to scales of functional genomics and up to regional scales of natural resource management. Although crop simulation modelling emerged many years ago, the progress seems to have slowed in recent decades. An international symposium was held from 19 to 22 April 2008 in Nanjing, China, with the following two main goals: 1. To exchange the state-of-the art of current modelling and simulation approaches, as well as recent progress on crop simulation models and decision support tools, 2. To explore future directions needed for advancement and potential opportunities for team collaboration in crop simulation modelling. More than 100 participants from nearly 20 countries attended the symposium. In total, 110 abstracts and 40 full papers were submitted to the symposium. Thirteen keynote speakers gave presentations in the plenary session on the first day. On the second day, two concurrent sessions were held with the themes: 1. Modelling eco-physiological processes, 2. Whole model development and decision support. For each theme 15 presentations were given. In addition, poster sessions were held with 21 posters. The symposium covered a wide range of topics related to crop model development and applications. Overall, the work pre-
sented showed that crop simulation modelling is advancing in the different areas of physiological processes, virtual plant growth, genotype × environment × management interactions, model integration with spatial data, and model application to agricultural and resource management. This special issue reports selected highlights of the symposium. The issue contains 11 important papers selected from the symposium. These papers report on the recent progresses in crop simulation modelling and the way they contribute to agricultural research and development. The subjects in these papers largely deal with modelling eco-physiological processes in crop plants, functional and structural plant modelling, and application of crop simulation modelling to decision support. The full symposium is covered in the following reference: W. Cao, J.W. White, E. Wang (Eds.), Crop Modeling and Decision Support, Tsinghua University Press, Beijing & Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2009, p. 333, ISBN: 978-3-642-01131-3. A. Weiss Guest Editor G.N. Flerchinger Guest Editor G.S. McMaster Guest Editor E. Wang Guest Editor J.W. White Guest Editor X. Yin Guest Editor P.C. Struik Editor J.F. Wienk Editor
1573-5214/$ – see front matter © 2009 Royal Netherlands Society for Agricultural Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.njas.2009.12.001