An overview of available crop growth and yield models for studies and assessments in agriculture

A Di Paola, R Valentini, M Santini - … of the Science of Food and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The scientific community offers numerous crop models with different levels of sophistication.
In such a wide range of crop models, users should have the possibility to choose the most …

Inter-and intra-annual variation of water footprint of crops and blue water scarcity in the Yellow River basin (1961–2009)

L Zhuo, MM Mekonnen, AY Hoekstra… - Advances in water …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yellow River Basin (YRB), the second largest river basin of China, has
experienced a booming agriculture over the past decades. But data on variability of and …

Performance assessment of AquaCrop model for estimating evapotranspiration, soil water content and grain yield of winter wheat in Tensift Al Haouz (Morocco) …

J Toumi, S Er-Raki, J Ezzahar, S Khabba… - Agricultural Water …, 2016 - Elsevier
Crop growth simulation models have become important tools to assess and develop deficit
irrigation strategies especially in arid and semi-arid regions. In this study, we tested the …

Assessment of FAO AquaCrop model for simulating maize growth and productivity under deficit irrigation in a tropical environment

GE Greaves, YM Wang - Water, 2016 - mdpi.com
Crop simulation models have a pivotal role to play in evaluating irrigation management
strategies for improving agricultural water use. The objective of this study was to test and …

Winter wheat yield estimation based on multi-source medium resolution optical and radar imaging data and the AquaCrop model using the particle swarm optimization …

X Jin, Z Li, G Yang, H Yang, H Feng, X Xu… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Timely and accurate estimation of winter wheat yield at a regional scale is crucial for
national food policy and security assessments. Near-infrared reflectance is not sensitive to …

Estimation of maize yield by assimilating biomass and canopy cover derived from hyperspectral data into the AquaCrop model

X Jin, Z Li, H Feng, Z Ren, S Li - Agricultural Water Management, 2020 - Elsevier
The accurate and timely estimation of temporal and spatial changes in crop growth and yield
before harvesting is essential for ensuring global food security. The integration of remote …

Estimation of winter wheat biomass and yield by combining the aquacrop model and field hyperspectral data

X Jin, L Kumar, Z Li, X Xu, G Yang, J Wang - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
Knowledge of spatial and temporal variations in crop growth is important for crop
management and stable crop production for the food security of a country. A combination of …

Estimating wheat yield in China at the field and district scale from the assimilation of satellite data into the Aquacrop and simple algorithm for yield (SAFY) models

PC Silvestro, S Pignatti, S Pascucci, H Yang, Z Li… - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
Accurate yield estimation at the field scale is essential for the development of precision
agriculture management, whereas at the district level it can provide valuable information for …

Assessment of the AquaCrop Model under different irrigation scenarios in the North China Plain

SZ Shirazi, X Mei, B Liu, Y Liu - Agricultural Water Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Crop simulation models play an essential role in evaluating irrigation management
strategies for improving agricultural water use in crop production. In this study, the AquaCrop …

Sensitivity analysis of the Aquacrop and SAFYE crop models for the assessment of water limited winter wheat yield in regional scale applications

PC Silvestro, S Pignatti, H Yang, G Yang, S Pascucci… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Process-based models can be usefully employed for the assessment of field and regional-
scale impact of drought on crop yields. However, in many instances, especially when they …