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This chapter describes the DSSAT Crop Modeling ecosystem, its history, creation of multiple crop models, and tools for data preparation, analysis and applications. The chapter provides an overview of the structure and science of the crop simulation models that are included in DSSAT, as well as the tools and utilities for weather, soil, experimental and observational data entry, and crop model calibration and evaluation. It also reviews the range of applications.

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Table of contents

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 The DSSAT ecosystem
  3. 3 Minimum Data Set (MDS) for crop modeling
  4. 4 Input data tools
  5. 5 The Cropping System Model (CSM)
  6. 6 Water balance processes
  7. 7 Nitrogen (N) balance processes
  8. 8 Inorganic soil phosphorus (P) processes
  9. 9 Modeling genetics in DSSAT
  10. 10 Model analysis utilities for performance evaluation
  11. 11 Application programs
  12. 12 Example applications
  13. 13 Developing a global modeling network
  14. 14 The future of DSSAT
  15. 15 Summary
  16. 16 Acknowledgements
  17. 17 References